NASA Moon Bomb Animation

NASA hopes to find water on the moon by launching a rocket directly at it. Scientists believe the blast will break up trapped lunar ice allowing them to detect water molecules.

The space agency said it will slam two spacecraft into the moon at 7:30 a.m. EDT Friday in an effort to find water on the moon. NASA is planning a live broadcast of the LCROSS impacts starting at 6:15 a.m. EDT on Oct. 9 on NASA TV. It will stream the event live at www.nasa.gov/ntv .

They say future lunar explorations will be less expensive if there is no need to transport water from Earth.

The missile will travel at twice the speed of a bullet to the south pole of the moon. The impact is expected to create a huge plume of debris large enough to be seen from Earth by amateur scientists.