December 18, 2012

The final trajectory for the GRAIL twin spacecraft Ebb and Flow towards the area named after Sally Ride, in the small picture (Image NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/ASU /Sally Ride Science)

Yesterday, NASA’s GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) twin spacecraft Ebb and Flow ended their mission crashing on the Moon. The site of Ebb and Flow impact was named Sally K. Ride Impact Site in honor of the first American woman to travel in space, who unfortunately passed away last July.