{"id":3912,"date":"2011-09-12T10:04:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T09:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/?p=3912"},"modified":"2012-06-08T07:37:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T06:37:37","slug":"nasa-launches-mission-to-study-moon-from-crust-to-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/?p=3912","title":{"rendered":"NASA launches mission to study Moon from crust to core"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/grail\/news\/grail20110910r.html\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3913\" title=\"Grail-20110912\" src=\"http:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Grail-20110912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Grail-20110912.jpg 226w, https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Grail-20110912-172x300.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NASA's twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:08 a.m. EDT Saturday to study the moon in unprecedented detail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">GRAIL-A is scheduled to reach the moon on New Year's Eve 2011, while GRAIL-B will arrive New Year's Day 2012. The two solar-powered spacecraft will fly in tandem orbits around the moon to measure its gravity field. GRAIL will answer longstanding questions about the moon and give scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed.(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/grail\/news\/grail20110910r.html\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-most-simple-social-bookmarks\/images\/twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter\" title=\"Twitter\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912&amp;title=NASA+launches+mission+to+study+Moon+from+crust+to+core\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"del.icio.us\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-most-simple-social-bookmarks\/images\/delicious2.png\" alt=\"del.icio.us\" title=\"del.icio.us\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912&amp;title=NASA+launches+mission+to+study+Moon+from+crust+to+core\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-most-simple-social-bookmarks\/images\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg\" title=\"Digg\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912&amp;t=NASA+launches+mission+to+study+Moon+from+crust+to+core\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-most-simple-social-bookmarks\/images\/facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Facebook\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912&amp;title=NASA+launches+mission+to+study+Moon+from+crust+to+core\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"linked-in\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-most-simple-social-bookmarks\/images\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"linked-in\" title=\"linked-in\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit?submitUrl=NASA+launches+mission+to+study+Moon+from+crust+to+core&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Yahoo Buzz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-most-simple-social-bookmarks\/images\/yahoo.png\" alt=\"Yahoo Buzz\" title=\"Yahoo Buzz\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Feaae-astronomy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3912&amp;title=NASA+launches+mission+to+study+Moon+from+crust+to+core&amp;newcomment=NASA+launches+mission+to+study+Moon+from+crust+to+core\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"StumbleUpon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-most-simple-social-bookmarks\/images\/su.png\" alt=\"StumbleUpon\" title=\"StumbleUpon\" \/><\/a>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: NASA NASA&#8217;s twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:08 a.m. EDT Saturday to study the moon in unprecedented detail. GRAIL-A is scheduled to reach the moon on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2011, while GRAIL-B will arrive New Year&#8217;s Day 2012. 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