GRAIL to Determine Moon's Gravity

In 2011, the world will see the launching of the new Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) observatory, which is destined to become the first gravity-analysis machine on the Moon. Naturally, experts at NASA already know the force with which the satellite acts on incoming or orbitin... [ read more >> ]

An artist's depiction of the two GRAIL spacecraft in lunar orbit

Image comment: An artist's depiction of the two GRAIL spacecraft in lunar orbit
Image credits: Wikimedia Commons / NASA / JPL

An artist's depiction of the two GRAIL spacecraft in lunar orbit