Clementine Mission: NASA's Information Page

Introduction

Clementine is a joint Department of Defense (DoD) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) mission with the dual goal of testing small spacecraft, subsystems, and sensors in the deep space environment and also providing a significant science return (see publication references). Clementine was launched on January 25, 1994 from Vandenburg Air Force Base aboard a Titan IIG rocket. After two Earth fly-bys, lunar insertion was achieved on February 19th. Lunar mapping took place over approximately two months in two systematic mapping passes over the Moon. After the spectacular success of the Lunar mapping phase of the mission, Clementine suffered an on-board malfunction on May 7, 1994. The result of the malfunction prevented Clementine from performing the planned close flyby of the near-Earth asteroid Geographos scheduled for August 1994.

This document is prepared primarily for science investigators interested in learning more about the Clementine Mission. Specifically, the documentation was developed to provide technical information to those investigators intending to respond to the NASA Research Anouncement for the Lunar and Asteroid Data Analysis Program.

Technical Information about the Clementine Mission

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The information, documentation, and data on the Clementine Mission Information Pages were made available through the generous contributions of many individulas. (see contributors). Please send comments, suggestions, or questions to:

Eric M. Eliason (Planetary Data System, U.S. Geological Survey) eeliason@sirius.wr.usgs.gov