Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer

The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer was a NASA lunar exploration and technology demonstration mission. It was launched on a Minotaur V rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on September 7, 2013. During its seven-month mission, LADEE orbited the Moon's equator, using its instruments to study the lunar exosphere and dust in the Moon's vicinity. Instruments included a dust detector, neutral mass spectrometer, and ultraviolet-visible spectrometer, as well as a technology demonstration consisting of a laser communications terminal. The mission ended on April 18, 2014, when the spacecraft's controllers intentionally crashed LADEE into the far side of the Moon, which, later, was determined to be near the eastern rim of Sundman V crater.

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LADEE
former entity, lunar orbiter, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Modular Common Spacecraft Bus, lunar orbit, Minotaur V, 

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2013 Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer

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orbital activity

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lunar impact

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rocket launch

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Frameless

LADEE with Earth reflection (ACD13-0101-001)

LADEE spacecraft 1

LADEE spacecraft 2

LADEE spacecraft 3

LADEE

MCSB - LADEE

Preliminary drawing of the LADEE spacecraft

LADEE-BeforeImpact-LRO-20141028

LADEE Test (9671256843)

LADEE illustration over moon's surface

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		LADEE with Earth reflection (ACD13-0101-001)		Commons
commons	image		LADEE spacecraft 1		Commons
commons	image		LADEE spacecraft 2		Commons
commons	image		LADEE spacecraft 3		Commons
commons	image		LADEE		Commons
commons	image		MCSB - LADEE		Commons
commons	image		Preliminary drawing of the LADEE spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		LADEE-BeforeImpact-LRO-20141028		Commons
commons	image		LADEE Test (9671256843)		Commons
commons	image		LADEE illustration over moon's surface		Commons