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First GRAIL Video of Moon’s Far Side
February 2, 2012 | NASA

NASA’s GRAIL mission has beamed back its first video of the far side of the moon. The imagery was taken on Jan. 19 by the MoonKAM aboard the mission’s “Ebb” spacecraft.


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