print email comment close Lunar Prospector URL: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunarprosp.html Description: Launched to the moon on Jan 6th, 1998 and crash-landed there on July 31, 1999, Prospector's mission was to find answers to long-standing questions about the moon, its resources, its structure and its origins during its year-long polar orbiting trip. A key answer they looked for is whether there is water in the form of ice on the moon. This NASA site contains everything from text to videos. Included are a timeline of US, Soviet, and Japanese lunar missions since 1959, a partial lunar gazetteer, real-time data, and audio and video clips. Publisher: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Library of Congress Subject Headings: Moon LII Database Information: Record 14616 created by Carole Leita on 07/31/1999 Last modification on 11/20/2001 Published: 07/31/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14616