GRAIL mission solves the mystery of the Man in the Moon

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Where did the Man in the Moon come from? It sounds like a nursery school riddle, but it’s actually a very serious question about the history of our satellite. A major part of the "Man" is the lunar mare or sea called the Oceanus Procellarum or Ocean of Storms; the origin of which has been a matter of scientific speculation for centuries. Now NASA claims that the answer has been found by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) orbiter mission, which ended with a controlled impact on the Moon in 2012... Continue Reading GRAIL mission solves the mystery of the Man in the Moon

Section: Space

Tags: GRAIL, Moon, NASA, Spacecraft

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