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NASA: GRAIL Moon mission departing on September, 8th from Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, USA - Ongoing the last preparations

Are currently ongoing the final preparations for "GRAIL", "Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory". It's a NASA Moon mission departing on September, 8th (with a launch window extending through October 19) from Air Force Station of Cape Canaveral in Florida, on a Delta II rocket. Two twin spacecraft, GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B, will depart for a 9-month trip that will help us to understand the internal...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133127
Rome, Italy, 08/26/2011 18:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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