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#10YearsAgo today, a 10,000 ton meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia releasing energy roughly equivalent to 500-kilotons of TNT. Thousands of buildings were damaged and nearly 1,500 people were injured (though there were no fatalities).
Photo credit: M. Ahmetvaleev
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Photo credit: M. Ahmetvaleev
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#10YearsAgo today, the GRAIL mission ended as its twin spacecrafts, Ebb and Flow, deorbited to the lunar surface. The mission created a detailed gravitational map of the Moon, providing insight into its structure and composition.
Learn more about GRAIL: https://go.nasa.gov/3Hv4XNU
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Learn more about GRAIL: https://go.nasa.gov/3Hv4XNU
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GRAIL - Moon Missions - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Launch and mission summary for NASA's GRAIL mission, launched in September 2011 to measure the moon's gravity.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)