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Lunar Prospector is the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program. At a cost of $62.8 million the 19-month mission was designed for a low polar orbit investigation of the Moon including mapping of surface composition and possible polar ice deposits measurements of magnetic and gravity fields and study of lunar outgassing events.

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