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Lunar Impactor
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a robotic spacecraft operated by NASA. The mission was conceived as a low-cost means of
LCROSS
NASA robotic spacecraft orbiting the moon
in conjunction with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), as the vanguard of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, LRO was the
Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
Program of robotic spacecraft missions
Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), were launched in June 2009. The lift-off above Cape Canaveral Air Force
Lunar Precursor Robotic Program
Lunar_Precursor_Robotic_Program
Spacecraft-rocket stage connector used as an American spaceflight industry standard
base mechanical satellite bus to launch the LCROSS spacecraft as a secondary payload under the LRO. LCROSS ultimately impacted the lunar surface and confirmed
EELV Secondary Payload Adapter
EELV_Secondary_Payload_Adapter
Type of spacecraft
The main LCROSS mission objective was to explore the presence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater near a lunar polar region. LCROSS was launched
Lander_(spacecraft)
Southernmost point on the Moon
presence of lunar water. NASA's LCROSS mission found a significant amount of water in the Cabeus crater. The LCROSS mission deliberately crashed into
Lunar_south_pole
Presence of water on the Moon
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft that flew through the ejecta plume. LCROSS detected a significant amount of hydroxyl groups
Lunar_water
Lunar impact crater
carried on the LCROSS spacecraft as it traversed the plume. But the debris plumes were smaller than predicted. Preliminary data from the LCROSS spectrometer
Cabeus_(crater)
to Seeing the LCROSS Lunar Impact". Archived from the original on 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2009-10-27. "NASA NSSDC Master Catalog – LCROSS Shepherding Spacecraft"
List of artificial objects on the Moon
List_of_artificial_objects_on_the_Moon
Calendar year
Revolution. June 18 – NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / LCROSS probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission since Lunar Prospector
2009
Space mission analysis software
an Apache License 2.0. It has been used for several missions, including LCROSS, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, OSIRIS-REx, the Magnetospheric Multiscale
General_Mission_Analysis_Tool
Arrival of a spacecraft on the Moon's surface
on 10 June 2009. SELENE or Kaguya was launched on 14 September 2007. The LCROSS data collecting shepherding spacecraft was launched together with the Lunar
Moon_landing
Chemical group (–OH)
bound together—could have created." NASA also reported in 2009 that the LCROSS probe revealed an ultraviolet emission spectrum consistent with hydroxyl
Hydroxy_group
Natural satellite orbiting Earth
launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the LCROSS impactor on June 18, 2009. LCROSS completed its mission by making a planned and widely observed
Moon
NASA research facility in Northern California
Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to look for water on the Moon was a 'secondary payload spacecraft.' LCROSS began its trip to the Moon on
Ames_Research_Center
Indian lunar sample-return mission
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Chandrayaan-4
Aborted Moon landing mission in the Apollo program
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Apollo_13
List of deliberate crash landings on extraterrestrial bodies
Prospector Deep Impact SMART-1 Chandrayaan-1 SELENE (Kaguya)/Okina Chang'e 1 LCROSS MESSENGER Mars Science Laboratory Cassini Mars 2020 List of extraterrestrial
List of spacecraft intentionally crashed into extraterrestrial bodies
List_of_spacecraft_intentionally_crashed_into_extraterrestrial_bodies
NASA space probe launched in 1977
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Voyager_1
American entrepreneur and physicist
Center in Mountain View, California, Marshall was on the science team for LCROSS, which first confirmed the presence of large quantities of water on the
William Marshall (entrepreneur)
William_Marshall_(entrepreneur)
2026 crewed flyby of the Moon
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Artemis_II
Cancelled lunar orbital space station
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Lunar_Gateway
Photograph of Earth by Reid Wiseman
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Hello,_World_(photograph)
Upcoming crewed mission of the Artemis program
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Artemis_III
Sixth and most recent crewed Moon landing
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Apollo_17
Permanently shadowed region of a body in the Solar System
besides water can also be trapped in such craters, such as mercury. The LCROSS mission additionally found native silver and gold in permanently shadowed
Permanently_shadowed_crater
First NASA mission to orbit Jupiter (1989–2003)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Galileo_(spacecraft)
First crewed Moon landing (1969)
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Apollo_11
American astronomer
terrestrial planet formation. Asphaug was involved in NASA's Galileo and LCROSS missions. He is currently[when?] a principal advocate of a mission strategy
Erik_Ian_Asphaug
First crewed space mission to orbit the Moon
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Apollo_8
Spacecraft communications network
Telescope, Swift's Burst Alert Telescope, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, LCROSS, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R), and the
SpaceWire
agency. 114 LRO & LCROSS 18 June 2009 NASA Atlas V 401 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Orbiter Operational LCROSS Impactor Success LCROSS observed impact of
List_of_missions_to_the_Moon
Unmanned robotic spacecraft
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Space_probe
Small radar mapper on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
hydrated minerals and water adsorbed onto the lunar surface. Although the LCROSS mission, which deliberately crashed a probe into the lunar surface to look
Mini-RF
Mission to Saturn (1997–2017)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Cassini–Huygens
NASA orbiter mission to asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres (2007–2018)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Dawn_(spacecraft)
In situ resources on the Moon
develop extraction and processing systems. The intentional impact of the LCROSS orbiter into the crater Cabeus was monitored to analyze the resulting debris
Lunar_resources
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List of species that have landed on the Moon
List_of_species_that_have_landed_on_the_Moon
Decade of the Gregorian calendar (2000–2009)
and three dwarf planets. 2009 – After having analyzed the data from the LCROSS lunar impact, in 2009 NASA announced that the discovery of a "significant"
2000s
NASA-led lunar exploration program
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Artemis_program
2026 lunar landing mission
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Blue_Ghost_Mission_2
American plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon
romantic image of Neil Armstrong taking 'one giant leap for mankind'". LCROSS—A NASA project which used a kinetic impact to study the presence of water
Project_A119
Planned international lunar base
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International Lunar Research Station
International_Lunar_Research_Station
Radiometer used in NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission
announced the detection of a hot spot on the Moon at the location of the LCROSS spacecraft impact site. Sharp, Tim (27 October 2017). "What is the Temperature
Diviner_(radiometer)
Fifth crewed Moon landing
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Apollo_16
NASA Mars rover deployed in 2004
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Opportunity_(rover)
NASA spacecraft active since 2005
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
Chinese lunar communications satellite
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Queqiao-2
Indian lunar mission (2023–Present)
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chandrayaan-3
Indian orbiter mission to Mars (2013–2022)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Mars_Orbiter_Mission
Family of American missiles and space launch vehicles
Launch of an Atlas V 401 carrying the LRO and LCROSS
Atlas_(rocket_family)
OTV-3 Lunar Precursor Robotic Program Astrophysics 2006–2013 NASA 3 LRO LCROSS LADEE AEHF Satellite Program Communications 2010–present US Space Force
List of space programs of the United States
List_of_space_programs_of_the_United_States
American space probe to asteroid (1996–2001)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
NEAR_Shoemaker
NASA spacecraft (2006–present)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
New_Horizons
Expendable launch system
Launch of an Atlas V 401 carrying the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and LCROSS space probes on June 18, 2009. Launch of Solar Dynamics Observatory X-37B
Atlas_V
Lunar robotic craft developed by ISRO
NAC image mosaic. Solar System portal Spaceflight portal Chandrayaan-1 LCROSS List of missions to the Moon Lunar water List of artificial objects on the
Moon_Impact_Probe
Neil Armstrong's words on landing on the Moon
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One_small_step
Final Soviet sample-return mission to the Moon, 1976
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Luna_24
Chinese lunar exploration mission
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chang'e_5
European space observatory
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Solar_and_Heliospheric_Observatory
Chinese rover on Mars
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Zhurong_(rover)
Chinese lunar orbiter (2007–2009)
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chang'e_1
Chinese lunar lander and rover (2013–Present)
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chang'e_3
Series of United States uncrewed lunar and planetary space probes (1958-60; 1965-92)
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Pioneer_program
Blue Origin lunar lander test flight
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Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1
Blue_Moon_Pathfinder_Mission_1
Indian lunar rover
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Pragyan_(Chandrayaan-2)
Planned Chinese lunar exploration mission
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chang'e_7
European mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (2004–2016)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Rosetta_(spacecraft)
NASA space probe launched in 1977
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Voyager_2
Japanese probe to asteroid and sample return (2003–2010)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Hayabusa
Series of five uncrewed lunar orbiter missions
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Lunar_Orbiter_program
Lunar lander built by Astrobotic Technology
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Griffin_Mission_One
First spacecraft to land on Titan
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Huygens_(spacecraft)
Missions to the Moon
surface. It also carried the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), which investigated the possible existence of water in the crater Cabeus
Exploration_of_the_Moon
Indian Lunar exploration programme
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chandrayaan_programme
Joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing
telescopes. The Atlas launches carried the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and LCROSS mission as part of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, which was later
United_Launch_Alliance
NASA satellite of the Explorer program
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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite
NASA rover exploring Mars since 2012
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Curiosity_(rover)
Lunar exploration mission by India and Japan
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Lunar Polar Exploration Mission
Lunar_Polar_Exploration_Mission
American Aerospace Company
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Deep_Space_Systems
Lunar lander family for the Artemis program
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Blue_Moon_(spacecraft)
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
List_of_space_telescopes
Vehicle driven by astronauts on the Moon (1971–72)
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Lunar_Roving_Vehicle
Planned Chinese lunar exploration mission
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chang'e_8
1962 speech by John F. Kennedy
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We_choose_to_go_to_the_Moon
Former NASA Lunar mission
spectroscopy. The instrument was based on the UV-Vis spectrometer on the LCROSS mission. Lunar Dust EXperiment (LDEX), which directly measured dust using
LADEE
Indian lunar mission (2008–2009)
was detected by NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS) this observation is not consistent with the presence of thick deposits
Chandrayaan-1
Former NASA Mars rover, active from 2004 to 2010
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
Spirit_(rover)
NASA mission to Mercury
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
MESSENGER
2009 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), NASA managers discussed the scheduling conflict with both the Lunar Reconnaissance
STS-127
Concept of permanent human habitation outside of Earth
such as argon, helium and compounds of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. The LCROSS impacter was targeted at the Cabeus crater, which was chosen as having a
Space_colonization
Second crewed mission to orbit the Moon
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Apollo_10
Claims that the Apollo Moon landings were faked
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Moon landing conspiracy theories
Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories
Planned observatory on the moon
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International Lunar Observatory
International_Lunar_Observatory
Lunar research program (2004–present)
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program
Space probe
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Luna_8
PFS-2 SMART-1 SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Lunar Trailblazer Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Spacejunk Falcon 9 impact in 2026
List of people who have flown to the Moon
List_of_people_who_have_flown_to_the_Moon
Independent confirmations of Apollo Moon landings
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Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings
Third-party_evidence_for_Apollo_Moon_landings
Crash of rocket into the Moon
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2026_SpaceX_lunar_impact
NASA probe of the Sun's outer corona
Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa 2011 Stardust MER Spirit rover 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep
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