Category: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Event Format: Rocket Launch
Date: September 6, 2013
Location: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Accomack, Virginia US
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) will gather detailed information about conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. A thorough understanding of these influences will help researchers understand how future exploration may shape the lunar environment and how the environment may affect future explorers.
Launch Time: 11:27 p.m. EDT
Launch Pad: Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0B
Web Site Address: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LADEE/main/index.html