Destination: Moon
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at 9:28 p.m. EST, NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft climbed into the sky above Cape Canaveral Air Station riding an Athena II rocket. Representing NASA's first lunar mission since the 1972 flight of Apollo 17, the launch occurred on the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Surveyor 7 lunar lander.
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