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KSC-2011-6877
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As the sun rises, in the distance, spotlights illuminate the United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket that will launch NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission from Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:08:52 a.m. EDT Sept.10. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-2011-6877. NASA/KSC, 2011-09-10. Public domain. ID: KSC-2011-6877.