SMART-1
Intro
SMART-1 is a spacecraft driven by electric propulsion launched by the European Space Agency ESA to study the Moon.
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News Articles on SMART1
[SpaceRef.com] Hadley Rille on the Moon, seen by SMART-1 Date Released: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
[EESA] Preparing for Ion Drive Firing 22 Jul 2005 11:36
[ESA] SMART-1 phones home via PDA 15 June 2005
[Physorg.com] A Giant Leap Towards The Moon July 15, 2005
[EESA] No. 39 - SMART-1 Ready for Operations Phase 19 May 2005 08:50
[EESA] SMART-1's tribute to Cassini
[Atronomy Picture of the Day] Water Ice At The Lunar Poles
[Universe Today] SMART-1 Finds Calcium on the Moon Summary - (Jun 8, 2005)
[EESA] SMART-1 search for lunar 'peaks of eternal light' 15 April 2005
[space.com] End of Conspiracy Theories? Spacecraft Snoops Apollo Moon Sites By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer posted: 04 March 2005 12:26 pm ET
[innovations report] SMART-1 mission extended ESA’s SMART-1 mission was extended by one year, pushing back the mission end date from August 2005 to August 2006.
[EESA News]SMART-1 mission extended 16 February 2005
[MSN NBC] European orbiter sends snapshots from moon SMART-1 tests its camera by sending pictures of craters; first close-up imagery since 1999, By Robert Roy Britt
[The Register] Postcard arrives from Europe's lunar probe. By Lucy Sherriff, Published Wednesday 26th January 2005 17:12 GMT
[EESA News] SMART-1's first images from the Moon 26 January 2005
[SpaceRef.com] SMART-1 Approaching Final Lunar Orbit, Saturday, January 22, 2005
[SpaceDaily] Europe's Moon probe is safely slotted in lunar orbit, Nov 16, 2004
[EESA Science & Technology] Electric Spacecraft Propulsion: Smart-1 Propulsion System.
[Space Daily] Lunar Mini-Camera Tells The Moon To Say "Cheese"
[BBC] Crunch time for Europe Moon Program
[EESA Science and Technology] No. 31 – SMART-1 from Earth-bound to Moon-bound, 10 Nov 2004
[Space.com] Step by Step: SMART-1's Slow Path to the Moon, by Robert Roy Brit, 28 october 2003
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