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The Smart-1 spacecraft was first the first to use solar power to reach the Moon in 2003.
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For further info on the Clementine spacecraft: http://nssdc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/clementine1.html
To get further information on the Apollo Moon missions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
For information on the Indian space programs go to: http://www.isro.org/Chandrayaan
For information on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) try: http://www.jaxa.jp/index-e.html
Apollo landing site images: http://www.google.com/moon/
For information on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter try: http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/
For information on the LCROSS program use: http://www.nasa.gov/lcross
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Wilkinson, J. (2011). Probing the Moon. In: The Moon in Close-up. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14805-7_2
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