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Two lunar orbiters will be launched by NASA to map Moon's gravity

Cape Canaveral, USA - In unprecedented detail

NASA will launch two space probes, Graili-A and Graili-B, from Cape Canaveral tomorrow respectively at 08:37 EDT and 09:16 EDT; the agency said that the two twin satellites will map the Moon's gravity in order to provide unprecedented detail. With a travel of three to four months the probes would reach the Moon towards the end of the year and would begin to explore the satellite from the crust to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1133571
Rome, Italy, 09/07/2011 19:44
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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