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Twin NASA spacecraft deliberately crash
A PAIR of NASA spacecraft have tumbled out of orbit around the moon and crashed back-to-back into the moon’s surface, in a carefully-controlled end to their mission that peered into the lunar interior.
Engineers commanded the twin spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, to fire their engines and burn their remaining fuel. Ebb plunged first, slamming into a mountain near the moon’s north pole on Monday. Its twin, Flow, followed about a half minute later and aimed for the same target.
By design, the final resting place was far away from the Apollo landing sites and other historical spots on the moon.
After the double impacts, mission chief scientist Maria Zuber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said the spot had been named after team member Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, who died earlier this year.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/wor…z2FMA19zDA
2012-12-17 19:00:48
Source: http://yeoldefalseflag.com/thread-twin-nasa-spacecraft-deliberately-crash
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