In 1999, the Lunar Prospector orbiter was deliberately crashed into Shoemaker Crater at the Moon's south pole. The spacecraft carried some of the ashes of legendary planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker. 🔭 🧪
Lunar Prospector - NASA ScienceNASA's Lunar Prospector orbited the Moon for almost 19 months to map its surface composition and to look for polar ice. The probe found evidence suggestingscience.nasa.gov