The mission, known as the Lunar Meteoroid Impact Observer ... Once it reaches its stable orbit, expect to see some brilliant flashes on the lunar surface popping up in new reports regularly.

A series of these sensors is necessary to capture any plume from a meteoroid impact from as many ... controlling all the different satellites in orbit around a single asteroid.

A meteoroid is a small rock ... and consequently is sometimes known as a space snowball. These usually orbit the Sun and can be several miles in diameter. The debris from comets are responsible ...