MOON MISSION SET FOR 1997
In NASA's latest bid to slash the costs and speed the results of science missions, the agency has decided to place a simple, economical satellite in orbit about the Moon in June, 1997. Although the spacecraft, called Lunar Prospector, will be small, it will conduct four experiments. The data should...
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