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RE: Clementine Lunar Mission

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1994: Clementine (NASA/DoD)

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Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE)) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defence Organization (BMDO, previously the Strategic Defence Initiative Organisation, or SDIO) and NASA. Launched on January 25, 1994, 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 the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos.

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On January 25, 1994, NASA launched Clementine as the first U.S. spacecraft launched to the Moon in over twenty years (since Explorer 49 in June 1973).

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