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Lunar Prospector was designed to map the Moon's surface composition and possible deposits of polar ice, measure magnetic and gravity fields, and study lunar outgassing events.
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What is a lunar prospector?
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What was the main mission of spaceship prospector send to hit the moon?
To mine Helium
What did NASA launch to the moon in 1998?
The Lunar Prospector
Was Apollo 17 the last lunar mission?
The last manned lunar mission, yes.
In 1998 what did the lunar prospector discover about the Moon's poles?
There is water inside of craters or ice inside of craters
What did the scientists learn from the Apollo mission?
It is called the lunar mission.
The major presence of water detected on the Moon is in?
Lunar poles:data from Lunar Prospector indicated the presence of large quantities of water in craters at lunar poles :)
How many space Apollo missions have there been?
There were a total of 19 Apollo missions: Apollo-1A : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 2 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 3 : Unmanned suborbital flight Apollo - 1 : Manned orbital mission, cancelled due to fatal accident. Apollo - 4 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 5 : Unmanned orbital flight Apollo - 6 : Unmanned orbital fligth Apollo - 7 : Manned orbital mission Apollo - 8 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo - 9 : Manned orbital mission Apollo -10 : Manned lunar orbit mission Apollo- 11 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 12 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 13 : Lunar Landing mission, aborted due to accident Apollo- 14 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 15 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 16 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo- 17 : Lunar Landing mission Apollo -18 : Space rendevous mission with Soviet Soyuz spacecraft (Apollo-Soyuz)
In which Apollo mission did the US first explore the Moon using the lunar rover?
The lunar rover was first used on the Apollo mission 15.
In 1998 to continue photographing the moon collecting data nasa launched?
Chicken nugget haha just kinin' its lunar prospector
What was the first lunar mission to carry a lunar roving vehicle?
It was Apollo 15 the moon rover.
What is a manned lunar mission?
Any actual trip to earth's moon that includes humans orbiting the moon or visiting the surface would be called a manned lunar mission.
