NASA's GRAIL Creates Most Accurate Moon Gravity Map Twin NASA probes orbiting Earth's moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body. The new map, created by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, is allowing scientists to learn about the moon's internal structure and composition in unprecedented detail. Data from the two washing machine-sized spacecraft also will provide a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed and evolved.
29 May 2012
GRAIL Completes Primary Mission A NASA mission to study the moon from crust to core has completed its prime mission earlier than expected. The team of NASA's GRAIL mission, with twin probes named Ebb and Flow, started extended science operations on Aug. 30 and will continue through Dec.
