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Clementine

Clementine was a joint U.S. technology-demonstration and lunar-science mission. Its compact sensor suite mapped the Moon globally from polar orbit and tested lightweight spacecraft systems before a propulsion-control malfunction ended the planned continuation to asteroid 1620 Geographos.

Clementine
NASA/GSFC · The exact JPL record https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia18159-clementine-fully-deployed-artists-concept/ identifies this 1024x768 artist's conception of the Clementine spacecraft, describes it as a joint U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and NASA mission, and credits NASA/GSFC. The stored image is pixel-identical to the record's direct JPG. JPL Image Use Policy at https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/jpl-image-use-policy/ states that, unless otherwise noted, images and video on public jpl.nasa.gov sites may be used for any purpose without prior permission, subject to its special cases; it requires this credit line, forbids claiming or implying NASA, JPL, or Caltech endorsement, and requires separate approval for NASA/JPL logos or permission concerns involving identifiable people. This asset is an artist's concept with no visible logo or identifiable person. · Source
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Aliases
Deep Space Program Science ExperimentDSPSE
Name
Clementine
Status
completed

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Description
Clementine was a joint U.S. technology-demonstration and lunar-science mission. Its compact sensor suite mapped the Moon globally from polar orbit and tested lightweight spacecraft systems before a propulsion-control malfunction ended the planned continuation to asteroid 1620 Geographos.
End Date
1994-08-08
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Outcome
Clementine completed its lunar objectives, returning about 1.6 million digital images over 297 lunar orbits. A thruster malfunction exhausted its attitude-control propellant after lunar departure, so the planned Geographos flyby was canceled and the mission later ended in heliocentric orbit.
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Start Date
1994-01-25
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Official Url
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/clementine/

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July 18, 2026 at 13:32:15 UTC
Updated Time
July 29, 2026 at 08:55:04 UTC
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