NASA probes reach moon for gravity-mapping mission

By AFP
January 03, 2012

CAPE CANAVERAL: Two robotic probes began orbiting the moon Sunday in preparation for an unprecedented mission to map the lunar...

CAPE CANAVERAL: Two robotic probes began orbiting the moon Sunday in preparation for an unprecedented mission to map the lunar interior.

NASA's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft wrapped up 2.6-million-mile journey to put themselves into lunar orbit on Saturday and Sunday.

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