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Lunar Prospector enters lunar orbit
Lunar Prospector, operated by NASA of United States, enters lunar orbit on 1998-01-11. Mapped hydrogen at the poles, and was deliberately crashed into a polar crater to look for water in the plume.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Lunar Prospector · mission · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
NSSDCA master catalogue — Lunar Prospector
Launch and orbit dates for Lunar Prospector.
NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive · Partly verified
NSSDCA master catalogue, Lunar Prospector entry