Lunar Prospector KS

The Beginning and End of The Lunar Prospector

Period: Jan 1, 1998 to Jul 31, 1999

Lunar Prospector gets delayed

Jan 5, 1998

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9801/05/lunar.prospector/On January 5, 1998 Lunar Prospectors launch gets delayed. It was going to launch, but the radar messed up so they launched it January 6, 1998.

The Lunar Prospector had ashes on it

Jan 6, 1998

http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_facts.phtmlOn January 6, 1998 The Lunar Prospector was launched with ashes of Dr. Eugene Shoemaker someone who always wanted to go on the moon.

The Lunar Prospector was launched.

Jan 6, 1998

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunarprosp.htmlOn Janurary 7, 1998, The Lunar Prospector was launched to the moon. It ws launched to investigate the mapping of surface composition and possible polar ice desposits, measurment of magnetic and gravity fields, and study lunar out gassing events.

The Lunar Prospector was lowered.

Dec 10, 1998

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=LunarPr&Display=ReadMoreOn December 10, 1998, The Lunar Prospecor was lowered. It was lowered to 40km to preform high resolution studies.

The Lunar Prospector was lowered again

Jan 29, 1999

http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19990046606&qs=N%3D4294961259%2B4294724546%26No%3D10On January 29, 1999 The Lunar Prospector was lowered again and this time to 30km. The Lunar Prospector was lowered before on December 10, 1998 to 40kn.

The Lunar Prospectors crash

Jul 31, 1999

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunarprosp.htmlOn July 31, 1999 NASA had no more use for the Lunar Prospector. So, they crashed it.