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Science 16 December 1994:
Vol. 266. no. 5192, pp. 1835 - 1839
DOI: 10.1126/science.266.5192.1835
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The Clementine Mission to the Moon: Scientific Overview

Stewart Nozette 1, P. Rustan 1, L. P. Pleasance 2, J. F. Kordas 2, I. T. Lewis 2, H. S. Park 2, R. E. Priest 2, D. M. Horan 3, P. Regeon 3, C. L. Lichtenberg 3, E. M. Shoemaker 4, E. M. Eliason 4, A. S. McEwen 4, M. S. Robinson 4, P. D. Spudis 5, C. H. Acton 6, B. J. Buratti 6, T. C. Duxbury 6, D. N. Baker 7, B. M. Jakosky 7, J. E. Blamont 8, M. P. Corson 9, J. H. Resnick 9, C. J. Rollins 9, M. E. Davies 10, P. G. Lucey 11, E. Malaret 12, M. A. Massie 13, C. M. Pieters 14, R. A. Reisse 15, R. A. Simpson 16, D. E. Smith 17, T. C. Sorenson 18, R. W. Vorder Breugge 19, and M. T. Zuber 20

1 Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Washington, DC 22314
2 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
3 Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
4 U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
5 Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058
6 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109
7 LASP, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
8 Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Paris, France
9 Research Support Instruments, Alexandria, VA 22314
10 Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA 90407
11 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822
12 Applied Coherent Technology, Herndon, VA 22070
13 Pacific Advanced Technology, Solvang, CA 94550
14 Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
15 Science Inquiries, Catonsville, MD 21228
16 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
17 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
18 Allied Signal, Alexandria, VA 22314
19 Science Applications International, Washington, DC 20024
20 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218

In the course of 71 days in lunar orbit, from 19 February to 3 May 1994, the Clementine spacecraft acquired just under two million digital images of the moon at visible and infrared wavelengths. These data are enabling the global mapping of the rock types of the lunar crust and the first detailed investigation of the geology of the lunar polar regions and the lunar far side. In addition, laser-ranging measurements provided the first view of the global topographic figure of the moon. The topography of many ancient impact basins has been measured, and a global map of the thickness of the lunar crust has been derived from the topography and gravity.

Submitted on September 16, 1994
Accepted on November 15, 1994


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