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After 40 years from the first lunar missions, Europe has startedfor the first time the development of a mission which has the Moonas a target. SMART-1 will be the first Western-European mission tothe Earth's satellite. The primary objective of the mission is toflight test technology innovation for the future scientificdeep-space missions. This paper describes the mission concept, thetechnology and the scientific aspects.
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Racca, G.D., Foing, B.H. & Coradini, M. Smart-1: The First Time Of Europe To The Moon; Wandering in the Earth–Moon Space. Earth, Moon, and Planets 85, 379–390 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017065326516
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