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Nasa's Grail twins to make gravity maps

The latest spacecraft to go to the Moon have launched from Florida.
Nasa is sending twin probes called Grail to map tiny variations in the pull of gravity around the lunar body.
The information should give scientists fresh insight into the internal structure of Earth's satellite.
This will help explain many mysteries, such as why the farside of the Moon looks so different from that of the nearside with its great swathe of dark volcanic plains, or maria.

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Delta II Launches GRAIL Spacecraft

NASA's Twin GRAIL spacecraft head for their lunar mission aboard a Delta II rocket.
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LIFTOFF of the Delta 2 rocket with GRAIL

GRAIL Launch



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All systems nominal

GRAIL09f.jpg



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The Delta II with the GRAIL Moon Mission has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 13:08:52 GMT

GRAIL Launch



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GRAIL09e.jpg



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T minus 4 minutes and counting.

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Final station Poll: Go for launch



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