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NASA
18th December 2012, 02:20
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/images/miss-grail-mp.jpg (http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=41844)17 Dec 2012 - NASA GRAIL Twins Complete Their Moon Impact
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have received confirmation that the twin GRAIL spacecraft have, as planned, completed their impact into the moon.


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witchy1
18th December 2012, 11:03
Coverage will last about 35 minutes and include live interviews with GRAIL team members. GRAIL's final resting place on the moon will be in shadow at the time of impact, so no video documentation of the impacts is expected.

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They look as light as a feather. Can't image the "impact" to be too severe. Looks like they are using the moon as a garbage dump.