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International Team Of Planetary Scientists Led By Christian Hirt Of Curtin University Create Gravity Map Of Moon Using Topographical Data From LOLA; Map Shows How Pull Of Gravity Changes From Location To Location Over Rugged Surface, Pockmark Signatures Show Gravity Accelerations Higher At Bottom Of Craters Than At Rims; GRAIL Mission To Provide More Detailed Data For Lunar Gravity Mapping
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2 4-Camera Color Video Systems Of GRAIL MoonKAM Begin Generating Video Views Of Moon Surface From Low Lunar Orbit; Thousands Of Students Have Opportunity To Capture Video / Images, Study Lunar Features & Learn About Past / Future Landing Sites; LRO Recently Provided Clearest View Yet Of Famous Apollo 11 Landing Site; Image (R) Snapped From 24-Km Altitude Displays Footprints, Lunar Module, Seismic Experiment, Lunar Ranging Reflector
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US$496M Mission Extended 6 Months Allowing Scientists To Complete More Definitive Map Of Lunar Gravity Field From Lower Orbit; Twin Crafts Will Orbit Average Of 22.5km Above Moon During 2nd 3-Month Mapping Cycle, Sep-Dec; Mission Was Intended To End In June Before Lunar Eclipse, Mission Planners Now Hope To Crash Probes Into Lunar Surface In December, Ideally In LRO Field Of View
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Twin GRAIL Probes ‘Ebb & Flow’ Begin Science Mission, Will Spend Next 3 Months Orbiting 56km Above Lunar Surface While Scientists Monitor Slight Variations In Distance To Map Gravitational Field; US$496M Mission May Support Or Debunk Various Theories Of Moon Origin; New Goddard Visualization Studio Applet Uses LRO Images To Show Phase & Libration Of Moon For Every Hour Of 2012
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Recent Coronal Mass Ejections (TL) Were Most Significant Radiation Events During LRO 2.5-Year Mission, CRaTER Instrument On LRO (C) Characterizing Global Lunar Radiation Environment By Measuring Galactic / Solar Radiation From Behind ‘Human Tissue-Equivalent’ Plastic; GRAIL Sends Its 1st Video From Lunar Orbit, Ebb Captures 30-Second Video Of Lunar Far Side While Traveling North-South
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Middle School Teachers Can Still Register For MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired By Middle School Students) Program; Cameras On Twin GRAIL Spacecraft ‘Ebb & Flow’ Will Image Lunar Surface Sites Selected By Classrooms; Students Can Study Topography & Future Landing Sites; About 1,000 Classrooms Around USA Have Signed Up For Free Program Led By Sally Ride; GRAIL Science Mission Is Mar-May