1.   As he prepared to clamber aboard the lunar excursion module and return to the spacecraft orbiting the moon, he found himself moved to make an unplanned formal statement.

2.   Lunar Prospector was launched last year to orbit the moon and map its surface.

3.   Passengers would be launched from earth via a rocket to meet a cruise ship orbiting the moon, he said.

4.   The occasion was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon.

5.   He piloted the command module that orbited the moon while astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell landed on the lunar surface.

6.   Lunar Prospector was launched in January and has spent months orbiting the moon, gathering signals with four instruments.