GRAIL Stories
Analyzing gravity data collected by spacecraft orbiting other worlds reveals groundbreaking insights about planetary structures without having to land on the surface. Although the Moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different, two NASA studies use the same technique to…
By Linda Herridge NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center While NASA is celebrating its 60th anniversary as an Agency, NASA also is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Launch Services Program (LSP), the first agency program managed at NASA’s Kennedy…
NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars’ crust is not as dense as previously thought, a clue that could help researchers better understand the Red Planet’s interior structure and evolution. A lower density likely means that at least part of…