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The Moon

NASA has announced plans for a Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) satellite and two small landers to be launched to the Moon by 2014.

The first restored data sets, from the Apollo Soil Mechanics, X-Ray Spectrometer, and Solar Wind Spectrometer, are now available online from the Lunar Data Project.

General Information

Missions to the Moon

Current and Past Missions

Future Missions

  • Chandrayaan-1 - ISRO (India) Lunar Orbiter Mission (2008)
  • Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - NASA Lunar Orbiter Mission (2008)
  • LADEE - NASA lunar orbiter mission under study
  • GRAIL - NASA Discovery lunar orbiter mission under study
  • Moonrise - NASA New Frontiers sample return mission under study
  • Lunar-A - JAXA (Japan) Lunar Orbiter and Penetrator Mission (Cancelled)

Data

Lunar Exploration

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