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SMART-1: end of mission review
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:04:40
Publish Date: 2006-08-25 03:00:00
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Launched in 2003, SMART-1 tested innovative technology on its way to the Moon, including the first use of a solar-electrical propulsion engine for interplanetary trips. Since it started orbiting the Moon in Spring 2005, SMART-1 started collecting a wealth of lunar images and data about the surface mineralogy - Europe's heritage for future lunar missions..

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