The name of Europe’s first space craft to the moon
that recently finished its three years mission .
- SMART-1
AT a Glance:
- "SMART-1" stands for Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology-1.
- SMART-1 is a European Space Agency satellite that was Swedish-designed
- SMART-1 orbited around the Moon.
- This SMART-1 was launched on September 27, 2003 at 23:14 UTC from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.
- On the September 3, 2006 (05:42 UTC), it was deliberately crashed into the Moon's surface, ending its mission.
