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Twin NASA Science Probes Start Lunar Gravity Mapping

March 8, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter NASA’s twin lunar orbiting GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft christened Ebb and Flow have kicked off their science collection phase aimed at precisely mapping our Moon’s gravity field, interior composition and evolution, the science team informed Universe Today. “GRAIL’s [...]

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America’s Youth Christen NASA’s Twin New Lunar Craft – Ebb & Flow

January 18, 2012

A classroom of America’s Youth from an elementary school in Bozeman, Montana submitted the stellar winning entry in NASA’s nationwide student essay contest to rename the twin GRAIL lunar probes that just achieved orbit around our Moon on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day 2012 “Ebb” & “Flow” – are the dynamic duo’s official [...]

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GRAIL Unveiled for Lunar Science Trek — Launch Reset to Sept. 10

September 9, 2011

NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) moon mapping twins and the mighty Delta II rocket that will blast the high tech physics experiment to space on a lunar science trek were magnificently unveiled in the overnight darkness in anticipation of a liftoff that had originally been planned for the morning of Sept. 8. Excessively [...]

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Last Delta II Rocket to Launch Extraordinary Journey to the Center of the Moon on Sept. 8

September 7, 2011

Another American rocket Era is about to end. The venerable Delta II rocket, steeped in history, will fly what is almost certainly its final mission from Cape Canaveral. And it will do so quite fittingly by blasting twin satellites to the moon for NASA on a unique path for a truly challenging mission to do [...]

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