Clementine, officially the Deep Space Program Science Experiment, was a partially failed joint project of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and NASA, launched on January 25, 1994. Its objective was to test sensors and spacecraft components during long-term exposure to space and to make scientific observations of the Moon and of the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos. Its lunar observations included imaging at visible, ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths, laser ranging altimetry, gravimetry and charged particle measurements, intended to produce multispectral imaging of the whole lunar surface and a map of its mineralogy.
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make scientific observations of both the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos
Lead or launch section: launch date
launched on January 25, 1994
Operated By: NASA, Lead: partner agency
a partially failed joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization) and NASA
Includes: Clementine, Lead: mission of the spacecraft (part-of)
make scientific observations of both the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos
Spacecraft Of: Clementine, Lead: mission of the spacecraft (mission-of)
make scientific observations of both the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos
In Group: NASA Post-Apollo Robotic Lunar Missions, Lead: kind of mission and sponsor
make scientific observations of both the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos
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