GRAIL: New DISCOVERY mission to the moon |
GRAIL: New DISCOVERY mission to the moon |
Dec 11 2007, 10:02 PM
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According to Space.com, the final selection has been made for the next DISCOVERY mission.
It will be the GRAIL lunar gravity mapping mission. Space.com article Edit: Just noticed that Norm Hartnett posted an official link earlier on the KAGUYA topic: NASA |
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Mar 22 2012, 08:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 544 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
The mission has been extended to December, with the expecation now that the eclipse will be survivable.
Spaceflight Now article |
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Mar 25 2012, 08:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
The mission has been extended to December, with the expecation now that the eclipse will be survivable. Spaceflight Now article ...and we have a new spaceflight unit of measure QUOTE The GRAIL satellites, each about the size of a washing machine....
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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