NASA GRAIL: Far Side Of The Moon
The GRAIL mission consists of two spacecraft, GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B, which have been placed into orbit around the Moon. As the two GRAILs circle the moon, changes in topography (mountains and valleys)...
View ArticleHuge South Pole Moon Crater Could Hold Frozen Water
The moon still holds some mysteries. One of those being whether or not there is any discernible amount of ice on the surface. While we have been to the moon, we have only visited a very small area. The...
View ArticleMoon is Battered, Reveals New Gravity Map
A new gravity map of Earth's moon shows a record of billions of years of impacts on its surface. The new map, generated by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, is now the...
View ArticleNASA to Crash GRAIL Probes Into the Moon
NASA this week detailed its plans to crash two lunar-orbiting probes into the moon next week. On Monday, December 17 at 5:28 p.m., the probes, named Ebb and Flow, are part the Gravity Recovery and...
View ArticleNASA Probes Prepare to Slam Into the Moon
NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes today completed a burn that irreversibly altered their orbit and have begun skimming the surface of the moon. Over the weekend, the...
View ArticleNASA Probes Smash Into Moon Mountain as Planned
NASA's GRAIL project spacecrafts, Ebb and Flow, crash-landed on the surface of the moon yesterday afternoon. The impact had been pre-planned, and occurred as predicted at 5:28 pm December 17, 2012. The...
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