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The '''Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer''' ('''LADEE'''; {{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|æ|d|i}})<ref name="nasa-overview" /> was a [[NASA]] [[lunar exploration]] and [[technology demonstration]] mission. It was launched on a [[Minotaur V]] rocket from the [[Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport]] on September 7, 2013.<ref name="gsfc-ladee" /> During its seven-month mission, LADEE [[orbit]]ed
==Planning and preparations==
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==Results==
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The LADEE science teams continued to analyze data acquired at the time of the Chang'e 3 landing on December 14, 2013.<ref name="results Jan 2014" />
* The Lunar Dust EXperiment (LDEX) team noted an increase in dust around the time of the landing. However, the rise preceded the landing time by many hours, suggesting a different origin. Indeed, the [[Geminids]] meteor shower coincided with this landing event and produced elevated dust counts before, during and after the landing period.<ref name="results Jan 2014" /> The team reported that "if LADEE did encounter any lunar soil particles thrown up by the final descent of Chang'e 3, they would have been lost in the background of Geminid-produced events."<ref name="results Jan 2014" />
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* [[List of artificial objects on the Moon]]
* [[List of missions to the Moon]]
==References==
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