Europe's first mission to the moon to crash into the Moon's surface Sunday. SMART-1 should hit the Lake of Excellence at 1:41 a.m. EDT, at 4,475 mph.
The prime object of this mission was to test the ion engine they hope to use for future interplanetary missions, such as the BepiColombo joint mission to Mercury with Japan's space agency slated for launch in 2013. Check out the link for more details
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