How NASA's GRAIL Probes Will Map the Moon's Gravity (Infographic)
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 16:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's twin GRAIL satellites will orbit the moon and measure its gravity field in greater detail than ever before.
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