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Date: January 5, 2012

Title: Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Arrive at the Moon

Podcasters: Dr. Sami Asmar & Nancy Atkinson

Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute

Links: http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/

GRAIL websites: www.nasa.gov/grail, or moon.mit.edu/

Music:  “Amelia” by Ben Bedford from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. http://benbedford.com/

Description: A new year and a brand new mission at the Moon for the Twin GRAIL spacecraft. The two new spacecraft arrived at the Moon on New Year’s Eve and New Years Day 2012 to begin a unique, double barreled mapping mission of the Moon’s interior. Dr. Sami Asmar, who is the deputy project scientist for GRAIL joins Nancy Atkinson for today’s podcast.

Bios: The NLSI brings together leading lunar scientists from around the world to further NASA lunar science and exploration.

Dr. Sami Asmar is the deputy project scientist for GRAIL: http://moon.mit.edu/team.html.

Nancy Atkinson is a science journalist and is the Senior Editor for Universe Today http://www.universetoday.com

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