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NASA's twin spacecraft reunite in Lunar orbit (VIDEO)

Pasadena, Usa - Working together, GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B will study the Moon as never before

The second of NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B will study the moon as never before. GRAIL-B achieved lunar orbit at 2:43 pm PST (5:43 pm EST) of last Sunday. GRAIL-A successfully completed its burn last Saturday at 2 pm PST (5 pm EST). The...

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