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In Brief: SMART-1 reaches lunar orbit

SMART ORBITS: The European Space Agency's SMART-1 (Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology-1) probe has successfully entered lunar orbit. Europe's first lunar probe, it will begin a six-month survey of key chemical elements on the moon's surface in mid-January.

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