LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s (l - r) Tony Colaprete and Dana Lynch

LCROSS - Tony Colaprete does some adjustment during calibration and camera check out

LCROSS in Ames clean room of N-240 - Tony Colaprete does some adjustment during calibration and camera check out

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240 - Calibration and camera chec out with Tony Colaprete, P.I.

LCROSS in Ames clean room of N-240 - Calibration and camera check out with Tony Colaprete and Kim Ennico P.I.'s

LCROSS - Tony Colaprete does some adjustment during calibration and camera check out

LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s (l - r) Tony Colaprete, Kim Ennico and Dana Lynch

Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. Tony Colaprete at NASA Ames Research Center (N-245 rm 222)

Vice President Mike Pence right center, chatting with Jim Bridenstein, left, Tony Colaprete. left center and Dan Andrews, right in front of the VIPER robot at the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS).

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- cleaning and wrapping for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (with Tony Colaprete)

LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tasks, with P. I. Tony Colaprete ( Glen Sasaki of Ames, Engineering Evaluation lab in background)

Dr. Jacob Cohen Director Office of Chief Scientist with Dr. Anthony Colaprete recipient of the H. Julian Allen Award In recognition as co-author of the outstanding scientific paper entitled "Detection of Water in the LCROSS Ejecta Pluma." Shown here Dr. Jacob Cohen presents the H. Julian Allen award to Anthony Colaprete.

LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240. with P.I.'s and EEL personnel preforming various tasks. Tony Colaprete LCROSS P. I. in foreground, Glen Sasaki and Jerry Wang Ames Electrical Evaluation Lab

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- packing into a special made crate for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (Tony Colaprete (r) LCROSS P.I.)

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- cleaning and wrapping for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (with Steve Ord, Project Management Division (l) and Tony Colaprete (r) LCROSS P.I.)

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- cleaning and wrapping for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (with Steve Ord, Project Management Division (l) and Tony Colaprete (r) LCROSS P.I.)

LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at Ames N-240: Tony Colaprete NASA Ames P.I. explains the progress of the LCROSS project to Alan Stern, NASA Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) as he tours the Lab during his visit to Ames to meet with and talk to the Ames scientists and employees.

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- securing special made crate for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (with Tony Colaprete (l) LCROSS P.I. Steve Ord, Project Management Division (c) ) and Unknown)

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- wrapping for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (with Steve Ord, Project Management Division (l) and Tony Colaprete (r), LCROSS P.I.)

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- cleaning and wrapping for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (with Steve Ord, Project Management Division (l) and Tony Colaprete (r) LCROSS P.I.)

LCROSS in Ames clean room N-240- cleaning and wrapping for transfer to Northrup Grumman Redondo Beach, CA where more calibration will be done before finally being sent for mating with the LRO spacecraft (with Steve Ord, Project Management Division (l) and Tony Colaprete (r) LCROSS P.I.)