Europe’s First Moon Mission Launched.

Europe’s first science mission to the Moon was launched into space Saturday. The Small Missions for Advanced Research and Technology (SMART-1) lunar probe hitchhiked a ride atop a massive Ariane 5 rocket that blasted off from the Guiana Space Center on the edge of the Amazon Jungle in South America at 7:14 p.m. EDT (2314 GMT). Full Story.

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