How NASA's Grail Probes Will Map the Moon's Gravity (Infographic)

By Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist | December 31, 2011 07:57am ET

NASA's twin Grail probes are designed to map the moon's gravity field like no other spacecraft before. The $496 million mission will use the ultra-precise moon gravity maps to help scientists better understand the moon's composition and structure, as well as how the moon evolved during its formation. Learn how the Grail mission works in the SPACE.com infographic above.

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Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist: Karl's association with SPACE.com goes back to 2000, when he was hired to produce interactive Flash graphics. Starting in 2010, Karl has been TechMediaNetwork's infographics specialist across all editorial properties. Before joining SPACE.com, Karl spent 11 years at the New York headquarters of The Associated Press, creating news graphics for use around the world in newspapers and on the web. He has a degree in graphic design from Louisiana State University. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Karl on Google+.

How NASA's Grail Probes Will Map the Moon's Gravity (Infographic)

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