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NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon's Surface

Ground controllers at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., have confirmed that NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft impacted the surface of the moon, as planned, between 9:30 and 10:22 p.m. PDT Thursday, April 17.
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NASA's moon-orbiting robot crashes down

Ground controllers at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., have confirmed that NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft impacted the surface of the moon, as planned, between 9:30 and 10:22 p.m. PDT Thursday, April 17.
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NASA ready to crash probe into moon

Mission managers will send the orbiter a signal to turn off all its science instruments on 11 April and set the craft on course for a crash landing. But the moon's gravity field is very uneven, and variations in the field will affect LADEE's path as it descends. That means no one is certain exactly when or where on the far side it will crash, just that it should happen sometime before 21 April. NASA is holding a contest to guess the precise spot where LADEE will meet its fate. The resulting crater should be visible to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in the coming months.
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NASA Lunar Orbiter Solves Snag After Successful Launch

The LADEE spacecraft, which began its trip to the moon last night in a launch from Virginia's coast, has run into some mechanical problems, NASA says. Officials say the robotic orbiter remains on track, however, and its problems can be resolved before it reaches the moon next month.
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NASA working to correct problems with LADEE launch

NASA's newest robotic explorer ran into equipment trouble early this morning, and while NASA assured everyone that the lunar probe was safe and on a perfect track for the moon, officials acknowledged the problem needs to be resolved in the next two to three weeks.
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Launch of LADEE on Inaugural Minotaur V Rocket

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Nasa's LADEE Moon probe ready for lift-off

The US space agency (Nasa) is about to launch its latest mission to the Moon.
The unmanned LADEE probe is set to lift-off from the Wallops rocket facility on the US east coast at 23:27 local time (04:27 GMT on Saturday)
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Closing in on LADEE Launch

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