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Clementine

[Image of Clementine]

Launch Date:
January 25, 1994

Arrival:
February 21, 1994

Mission End:
June 1994

Target:
Moon and Asteroid 1620 Geographos

Clementine was launched January 25, 1994, as a joint project between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and NASA. The objective of the mission was to test sensors and spacecraft components under extended exposure to the space environment and to make scientific observations of the Moon and a near-Earth asteroid (1620 Geographos). Due to a malfunction on May 7th, 1994, Clementine exhausted its fuel after the successful mapping of the lunar surface, and did not complete the visit to the asteroid.

Web Pages with Information about Clementine

Astrogeology Research Program

Clementine Near-Infrared Global Lunar Mosaic: View and download the near-infrared global mosaic of the Moon from the Clementine mission data
Clementine Lunar Images: Images and mosaics of the Moon and information about the Clementine mission
Map-a-Planet: Interactive global image map browser
Lunar Pyroclastic Volcanism Project: Study to learn more about pyroclastic volcanism on the Moon
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Images from various Solar System exploration programs

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