GRAIL's Final Resting Spot
December 21, 2012
These maps of Earth's moon highlight the region where the twin spacecraft of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission will impact on Dec. 17, marking the end of its successful endeavor to map the moon's gravity. The two washing-machine-sized spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, will impact at an unnamed mountain near the moon's North Pole.
These maps are from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC
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