NASA will crash GRAIL spacecraft into Moon on December 17
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Artist's concept of the GRAIL spacecraft (Image: NASA)
Artist's concept of the GRAIL spacecraft (Image: NASA)
Artist's concept of the GRAIL spacecraft (Image: NASA)
Gravity map of the Moon produced by the GRAIL spacecraft (Image: NASA)
Impact zone of the GRAIL spacecraft (Image: NASA/GSFC)
Digital map of the impact areas of the GRAIL spacecraft Ebb and Flow (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MIT/GSFC)
Impact zone of the GRAIL spacecraft and heritage landing sites (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Article Summary
At a press conference today, NASA confirmed that its two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Spacecraft will crash into a lunar mountain next week. The controlled impact will occur on Monday, December 17 at approximately 5:28 p.m. EST (22:28 GMT). The impact area is at latitude 75.62° N, longitude 26.63° E near the lunar North Pole in the vicinity of Goldschmidt crater.
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