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Lunar Prospector was the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. [2] At a cost of $62.8 million, the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon, including mapping of surface composition including lunar hydrogen deposits, measurements of magnetic and gravity fields, and study of lunar outgassing ...
3 Lunar Prospector: Moon: January 7, 1998 Athena II [Star-3700S] 296 kg (653 lb) January 16, 1998 Completed in 1999 Alan Binder [11] 63 (1998) [12] Lunar Prospector was a lunar orbiter to characterize the lunar mineralogy, including polar ice deposits, measure magnetic and gravitational fields, and study lunar outgassing events. After ...
The Surveyor 3 landing site was later selected also as the landing target for the Lunar Module of the Apollo 12 crewed lunar mission in 1969. Several components of the Surveyor 3 lander were collected and returned to the Earth for study of the long-term exposure effects of the harsh lunar environment on human-made objects and materials.
Australia's first lunar rover. Astrobotics mission 3 ⚀ LunaGrid-Lite CubeRover: Astrobotics: 2026 TBD Planned Third lunar mission by Astrobotic, will land at lunar south pole. LunaGrid-Lite mission. LUPEX: LUPEX Rover: JAXA ISRO: 2028 TBD: Planned Joint mission between ISRO and JAXA. Chang’e 8: Chang’e 8 rover CNSA: 2028 TBD: Planned ...
Prospector was based on a study that had been performed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in June 1960, to determine what lunar missions could be achieved using the Saturn I rocket. NASA envisioned Prospector as "a large versatile 'space truck'" [ 3 ] that could be launched by a Saturn rocket and that could soft-land on the Moon with a wide ...
Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander successfully touched down, and mission control confirmed the Odysseus, or IM-1, spacecraft is upright, according to a company post.
NASA selected a Nova-C mission for CLPS task order CP-11. [1] It will deliver payloads to the lunar swirl in the Reiner Gamma region. [2] In August 2021, Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its third lunar mission, IM-3. [3] As of August 2024, the launch of IM-3 is expected to take place no earlier than October 2025. [4]
On July 31, 1999, some of his ashes were carried to the Moon by the Lunar Prospector space probe in a capsule designed by Carolyn Porco. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] Celestis , Inc. provided the service—at NASA's request—commercially, making Shoemaker's ashes the first private delivery to the lunar surface.