NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft
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NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched from Kennedy Space Center on January 6, 1998.
The launch marked the first use of Lockheed Martin's Athena II launch vehicle. The Lunar Prospector was designed to give NASA the first global maps of the moon's surface and its gravitational magnetic fields.
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