9 February 2012

See you on the dark side of the moon... first look in years

It's been a very long time since we've had a glimpse of the "dark side" of the Moon.

NASA's latest mission Grail sees Grail A and B, now renamed Ebb and Flow, orbiting the Moon to analyse gravitational anomalies. But there is also a camera on board for purely visual use - for educational purposes.

And as a teaser of this role, NASA has posted this 30-second video as Ebb passes from the north to south pole. It's a vastly different Moon on that side...




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