GRAIL MoonKAM creates first video of lunar far side
3 Feb 2012, 06:37 UTC
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NASA's two GRAIL spacecraft recently went into orbit around the Moon, where they will measure the gravitational field and in turn map the Moon's density. As noted several time here, the spacecraft also carry cameras that will be used in the educational program MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students). A student contest resulted in the names Ebb and Flow for the two spacecraft. The MoonKAM imager on Ebb was tested by taking a series of pictures from a which a video has been created of the far side of the Moon for the first time: NASA Mission Returns First Video From Moon's Far Side - NASA -
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