The Clementine Mission Clementine was launched on January 25,
1994, from Vandenburg Air Force Base onboard a Titan IIG rocket.
After two Earth flybys, lunar orbit was achieved on February 19,
1994. Lunar mapping took place over approximately two months in
two systematic mapping passes over the Moon. Over the course of
71 days in orbit, Clementine systematically mapped the 38
million square kilometers of the Moon at eleven different
wavelengths, from the ultraviolet (415 nm) to the near-infrared
(2800 nm) parts of the spectrum (nearly 1,000,000 images). In
addition, the spacecraft took 620,000 high-resolution CCD images
and about 320,000 near-infrared thermal images, mapped the
topography of the Moon with laser ranging equipment, improved
knowledge of the surface gravity of the Moon through radio
tracking, and carried a charged-particle telescope to
characterize the solar and magnetospheric energetic-particle
environment. After successfully completing the lunar mapping
phase of the mission, Clementine suffered