NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Participants

David Lehman
GRAIL project manager
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, Calif.

Maria Zuber
GRAIL principal investigator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge

David Lehman
Images

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The twin GRAIL spacecraft are prepared for launch.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LMSS

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GRAIL Launch - September 10, 2011
Image credit: NASA/KSC

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GRAIL's trajectory to moon
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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GRAIL-A's lunar orbit insertion
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/EOSS

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After lunar orbit insertion, a series of maneuvers will be performed over five weeks to reduce the orbital period of GRAIL-A and -B's original elliptical capture orbit from 11.5 hours down to just under two hours.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Maria Zuber
Images

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Moon
Image credit: NASA

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Apollo 16 commander John Young on lunar surface
Image credit: NASA

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Near and far side of the moon
Image credit: NASA

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Topography of the near side (left) and far side (right) of moon. On the map white and red colors represent high terrains and blue and purple are low terrains.
Image credit: NASA/GSFC/MIT/LOLA

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Artist's concept of lunar interior and exterior
Image credit: NASA

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GRAIL animation
Image credit: NASA

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MoonKAM's field-of-view
Image credit: NASA

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GRAIL mission's MoonKAM website URL

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