Today in Space History - LADEE Begins Its Lunar Journey
Published on HivePostify by @kiwithinker · Sun Sep 06 2026
Today in Space History - LADEE Begins Its Lunar Journey 🚀 Stardate 2756.3247 (SEPTEMBER 7, 2013)
On this day in 2013, NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer lifted off aboard a Minotaur V rocket from Wallops Flight Facility. The spacecraft embarked on a path to orbit the Moon and gather data on its tenuous atmosphere and the behavior of lunar dust, addressing long-standing questions about conditions near the surface.
Its observations offered a clearer picture of how such environments evolve, contributing quiet but essential knowledge to our broader understanding of planetary systems. The mission's careful design continues to echo in later efforts to study worlds beyond Earth.