ESA picks Sept. 3 for Smart-1 lunar impact

European Space Agency planners expect the Smart-1 lunar orbiter to crash into the "Lake of Excellence" in the mid-southern latitudes at 1:41 a.m. Eastern time Sept. 3, giving large telescopes in the Americas a good view of the impact. Controllers have spent the past month adjusting the experimental...

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