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 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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Moreover - just because a site is in sunlight doesn't mean LRO is going to be over it quickly - the groundtrack of the orbit has to be taken into consideration also and it might be several cycles ( lunar days ) before a good view is available.
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Holder of the Two Leashes GRAIL: New DISCOVERY mission to the moon Dec 11 2007, 10:02 PM
Mariner9 I was pleasently surprised by the September 2011 l... Dec 12 2007, 02:12 AM mchan Recalling what happened to Discovery 11, it's ... Dec 12 2007, 06:26 AM mps QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Dec 12 2007, 04:12 AM) ... Dec 12 2007, 07:19 AM monitorlizard GRAIL is supposed to support the return of humans ... Dec 12 2007, 05:48 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Yes, I believe GRAIL needs its own thread.
On to... Jan 9 2008, 12:25 AM
tedstryk A major issue is that far side gravity has always ... Jan 9 2008, 11:48 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Looks like GRAIL is going to have some company on ... Apr 11 2008, 12:01 AM mps It was actually expected. We already knew that
A.... Apr 11 2008, 05:52 AM edstrick The press release and all other materials I've... Apr 11 2008, 08:27 AM mps So far they talk about "spectrometer for atmo... Apr 11 2008, 08:48 AM mps For the record, some launch info from NSF.com and ... Sep 9 2008, 12:59 PM Holder of the Two Leashes GRAIL has its own website now, with a detailed mis... Nov 12 2008, 05:27 PM mps QUOTE (edstrick @ Apr 11 2008, 10:27 AM) ... Dec 30 2008, 09:45 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Updates:
Denver Post article. (URL deleted)
Space.... May 20 2011, 04:24 AM Holder of the Two Leashes The Delta rocket has had a completely successful l... Sep 10 2011, 05:13 PM ngunn QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Sep 10 201... Sep 11 2011, 06:40 PM sgendreau Beast and Beauty? Sep 11 2011, 11:36 PM Lewis007 HD videos of the launch, launch replays, and space... Sep 11 2011, 06:15 AM djellison I was in Florida for the launch ( demoing Eyes on ... Sep 11 2011, 06:59 AM elakdawalla Let's keep the name suggestions out of this th... Sep 12 2011, 02:39 AM nprev GRAIL-A LOI burn in progress; follow it at Eyes On... Dec 31 2011, 09:42 PM lyford Both A and B have successfully completed LOI:
htt... Jan 2 2012, 01:17 AM Phil Stooke Ebb and Flow! Not bad...
My Dad went to Fuln... Jan 17 2012, 06:24 PM Sunspot I would have gone for Isaac & Newton Jan 17 2012, 07:34 PM Phil Stooke Ebb and Flow are busy adjusting their orbits... he... Jan 31 2012, 08:58 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 31 2012, 12:58 P... Jan 31 2012, 09:46 PM Phil Stooke ... and the first video from Moonkam:
http://www.... Feb 1 2012, 10:27 PM Holder of the Two Leashes The science phase of the mission is now underway.
... Mar 9 2012, 06:06 AM Holder of the Two Leashes The mission has been extended to December, with th... Mar 22 2012, 08:40 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Mar 22 201... Mar 25 2012, 08:17 PM Phil Stooke ... and lots of nice MoonKAM pics here:
http://im... Mar 25 2012, 06:29 PM djellison Oh no, I distinctly remember the Deep Impact impac... Mar 25 2012, 08:28 PM Phil Stooke Yeah, but these are Maytags!
Phil Mar 25 2012, 08:56 PM Astro0 These kids have picked some really nice shots for ... Mar 28 2012, 12:45 AM Doug M. So, decommissioning GRAIL. The mission will end i... Sep 21 2012, 11:34 PM Phil Stooke MoonKAM on GRAIL has taken over 100000 images now ... Sep 30 2012, 03:18 PM djellison So we are extending the GRAIL/MoonKAM Eyes on the ... Sep 30 2012, 03:23 PM 0101Morpheus Any idea when the gravity map will be published? I... Nov 5 2012, 11:31 PM Phil Stooke The mission is still in progress, currently acquir... Nov 5 2012, 11:53 PM elakdawalla Actually, at DPS they said that there was an artic... Nov 6 2012, 12:05 AM Phil Stooke We are coming up to the end of GRAIL's extende... Nov 24 2012, 10:39 PM elakdawalla FWIW, I haven't heard a thing. That mission ha... Nov 25 2012, 06:06 AM Phil Stooke This is from spaceflight101, a very useful site:
... Nov 27 2012, 09:52 PM elakdawalla There's a press briefing at AGU on Wednesday n... Nov 27 2012, 10:12 PM Phil Stooke A wee update - MoonKAM was turned on for the exten... Dec 2 2012, 07:38 PM nprev Huh.
Please pardon my lack of memory here, but t... Dec 2 2012, 07:44 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 2 2012, 12:44 PM) this... Dec 2 2012, 08:51 PM nprev Hmm. Okay, thanks, Mike.
Wonder which event took... Dec 2 2012, 09:16 PM Phil Stooke http://www.spaceflight101.com/grail-mission-update... Dec 5 2012, 04:23 PM djellison Science Results in 9 minutes live at
http://live.p... Dec 5 2012, 04:51 PM Phil Stooke Pics and maps here. A deeply fractured crust.
Ph... Dec 5 2012, 05:47 PM Paolo now on Science Express:
Ancient Igneous Intrusions... Dec 5 2012, 08:07 PM 0101Morpheus Hmm. Looking over the maps doesn't seem to sho... Dec 6 2012, 07:57 PM elakdawalla I'm having trouble finding a Mercator-projecte... Dec 7 2012, 01:07 AM Phil Stooke You could go here:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resour... Dec 7 2012, 01:43 AM elakdawalla Ah, I'd completely forgotten I could set the p... Dec 7 2012, 01:52 AM Phil Stooke It allows craters at mid- to high-latitudes to app... Dec 7 2012, 02:06 AM Explorer1 GRAIL talk starting pretty quick:
http://www.ustr... Dec 7 2012, 02:58 AM Phil Stooke "NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:... Dec 11 2012, 02:59 AM stevesliva Emily's discussion of the GRAIL results is top... Dec 12 2012, 12:36 AM nprev Indeed it is; world-class real science explanation... Dec 12 2012, 03:32 AM stewjack Just a reminder
UPCOMING EVENT: NASA Moon Mission... Dec 13 2012, 05:09 PM Paolo from images of today's teleconf, the two space... Dec 13 2012, 06:28 PM Explorer1 Had no idea they 'caught' LRO up to now. F... Dec 13 2012, 06:40 PM Phil Stooke The scattered fragments will be the most northerly... Dec 13 2012, 07:10 PM Phil Stooke And speaking of locations... on the posted graphic... Dec 14 2012, 01:09 AM SFJCody On the other side of the quality scale from Emily... Dec 14 2012, 03:53 AM stewjack QUOTE (SFJCody @ Dec 13 2012, 11:53 PM) S... Dec 14 2012, 02:44 PM Phil Stooke Let's hope they splash down safely!
Graun... Dec 14 2012, 04:19 AM Explorer1 Rocket burn complete, according to JPL.
Coverage ... Dec 15 2012, 12:45 AM Adam Hurcewicz I made animation of last flight of Ebb and Flow.
... Dec 17 2012, 09:35 PM Astro0 Live broadcast on NASA TV now.
http://www.nasa.gov... Dec 17 2012, 10:06 PM Explorer1 That cross-section chart updating every couple sec... Dec 17 2012, 10:27 PM Astro0 Final resting place for Grail A&B is now named... Dec 17 2012, 10:32 PM 0101Morpheus This was probably the most exciting moon mission p... Dec 18 2012, 12:25 AM Explorer1 And two new holes in the ground at that Dec 18 2012, 01:55 AM Astro0 Just a final contribution...
Thank you GRAIL.
Dec 18 2012, 06:38 AM Phil Stooke Ebb, one of the GRAIL spacecraft, made some final ... Dec 23 2012, 04:26 AM Explorer1 Any news from LRO? I see nothing on the main websi... Dec 31 2012, 05:04 AM elakdawalla Even if they do have an image, which they might no... Dec 31 2012, 02:17 PM MahFL QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Dec 31 2012, 03:17 P... Jan 2 2013, 11:54 AM Phil Stooke One other point - LRO is in a higher orbit now so ... Jan 2 2013, 04:39 PM Phil Stooke Final (or nearly final, not sure yet) video from G... Jan 11 2013, 01:33 AM Tunglere I found it interesting to realize that the 10km al... Jan 11 2013, 04:29 AM ups QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 11 2013, 02:33 A... Jan 11 2013, 05:50 PM djellison As far as I know - those were the last frames take... Jan 11 2013, 07:12 AM Astro0 Thoroughly impressed by the MoonKam project as an ... Jan 11 2013, 08:24 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (Astro0 @ Jan 11 2013, 01:24 AM) Ca... Jan 11 2013, 04:59 PM machi Few weeks ago I did two animations from those imag... Jan 11 2013, 08:49 AM djellison The cameras were bolted to the spacecraft in that ... Jan 11 2013, 07:00 PM ups QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 11 2013, 07:00 PM)... Jan 11 2013, 07:53 PM Phil Stooke Here's an updated version of my Nearside Moon ... Jan 17 2013, 03:13 PM elakdawalla Is this farside map of yours still current? Trying... Jan 17 2013, 04:23 PM Phil Stooke Yes it is - no more farside impacts. Incidentally... Jan 17 2013, 05:25 PM rogelio LROC spots craters formed by GRAIL probes (sorry I... Mar 19 2013, 10:47 PM nprev Wow. LROC is an impressive instrument indeed, and ... Mar 19 2013, 10:55 PM Phil Stooke There is no abstract, this was a press conference,... Mar 20 2013, 03:42 AM Bill Harris Better images and text at the NASA/LROC site:
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