Corporation), produced over 1.3 TB of video and stills over 19 months. JAXA collected names and messages that were carried on SELENE through their "Wish Upon the Moon" campaign. 412,627 names and messages were printed on a sheet measuring 280 mm x 160 mm (11 x 6.3 in) at 70 µm (0.0003 in) per character. The sheet was installed under the photovoltaic modules and cooling panels beneath the multi-layered insulation. Results Major results include: Improved lunar global topography maps. This detailed altitude and geological data was provided to Google for free to make Google Moon 3-D. Detailed gravity map of the far side of the Moon. First optical observation of the permanently shadowed interior of the crater Shackleton at the lunar south pole. Evidence of earth's oxygen being transported to the moon via magnetospheric ions. Other lunar probes SELENE was part of a renewed global interest in lunar exploration; it was "the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program". It followed Japan's first lunar probe, Hagoromo, launched in 1990. China launched its Chang'e 1 lunar explorer on October 24, 2007, followed by India's October 22, 2008 launch of Chandrayaan-1 and the United States Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in June 2009. The United States, European countries (ESA), Russia, Japan, India and China are planning future crewed lunar exploration missions or lunar outpost construction on the Moon between 2018 and 2025. See also SELENE-2 List of missions to the Moon Exploration of the Moon References External links Official project site, JAXA Official launch information site, JAXA SELENE Mission Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration SELENE overview, ISAS/JAXA Official YouTube channel, JAXA June 10th impact location NEC Corporation's Kaguya page, NEC Corporation JAXA Link - Video 12 min. before impact - close surface flyover Missions to the Moon Japanese space probes Japanese Lunar Exploration Program LQ30 quadrangle Space probes launched in 2007 Spacecraft that orbited the Moon Spacecraft that impacted the Moon Spacecraft launched by H-II rockets 2009 on the Moon