NASA to launch Moon-bound twin spacecraft today
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is to launch Thursday a $500 million pair of unmanned spacecraft that will chase each other around the Moon as they use gravity tools to map its inner core for the first time.
Scientists hope the satellites will help solve mysteries about how the Moon formed, how the unexplored far side differs from the near side which humans have walked on, and whether there was once another Moon that melded with ours.
The GRAIL (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory) mission, aims to launch on a single Delta II rocket as early as 8:37 am Thursday (1237 GMT). A second launch window opens at 9:16 am (1316 GMT).
If weather delays the attempt -- and it might with forecasters predicting for more details....http://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/1081765/Technology/8/20/8
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