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Topic: GRAIL to the Moon: Viewing, questions, comments

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 09-01-2011 04:40 PM Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex release <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]Guests Invited to Experience the Thrill of a Delta II Heavy Rocket Launch[/b]</font> <div align="justify">Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex invites guests to share in the excitement of NASA's next rocket launch with the Sept. 8 scheduled lift-off of a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket carrying the twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft on their mission to the moon. The twin spacecraft will orbit the moon to determine the structure of the lunar interior from crust to core and to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the moon. The launch, the last Delta II launch currently scheduled from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, is scheduled for 8:37 a.m. with a second window planned for 9:17 a.m. if needed. Special viewing of the launch is available to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex guests from the NASA Causeway, located within Kennedy Space Center, for just $20 plus the cost of admission (required). The GRAIL launch viewing opportunity is limited to the first 2,000 guests to purchase admission and launch tickets by phone at 866-383-2946 or in person at the Visitor Complex ticket plaza. Advance purchase is strongly suggested. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open at 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 8. Bus boarding for the NASA Causeway begins at 5:30 a.m. with last departure at 7:30 a.m. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will celebrate the GRAIL launch with four days of special launch-related activities. Please note, rocket launch and programming schedules are subject to change without notice. For times and locations of all activities, visit the complex's [URL=http://www.KennnedySpaceCenter.com]website[/URL]. From Wednesday, Sept. 7 through Saturday, Sept. 10, guests may:</div> [list][]View the "It's a New Moon" exhibit: touch a moon rock, sit in a student-built moon buggy from NASA's Great Moon Buggy Race and virtually guide the Exploration Uplink rover based at NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies area near Flagstaff, Arizona. []Watch the IMAX 3D moon film [i]Magnificent Desolation,[/i] produced by Tom Hanks.[/list] Wednesday, September 7 [list][]Hear first-hand from lunar scientists involved with the GRAIL mission. []Take part in the Scientists in Action live webcast and ask questions of GRAIL scientists.[/list] Thursday, September 8 [list][]Experience the launch of the Delta II rocket, either from NASA Causeway (with purchase of additional $20 ticket) or from the Visitor Complex. []Hear from Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke as he shares his experiences on the moon's surface and conducts a book signing. []Attend Lunch With an Astronaut with Charlie Duke (with purchase of additional ticket, $29.99 for adults, $20.99 for children ages 3-11; advance reservations required. []Meet Star Trek's Lieutenant Uhura, Nichelle Nichols, who will be signing autographs and taking photos with visitors to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first airing of the Star Trek series at the Star Trek bridge. []Hear about the latest "other-world" discoveries from a panel of space experts including: astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director at the Hayden Planetarium; and Steven W. Lee, Department Chair and Curator of Planetary Science at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. []Take part in the Scientists in Action live webcast and ask questions of GRAIL scientists. []Receive free mini MoonPie for children 11 years and under while supplies last.[/list] Friday, September 9 [list][]Attend an "Eyes on the Solar System" demonstration, NASA's new 3D interactive experience to explore the cosmos and travel with robotic space probes.[/list] Saturday, September 10 [list][] Hear first-hand from the head of the GRAIL mission, Dr. Maria Zuber. []Attend an "Eyes on the Solar System" demonstration, NASA's new 3D interactive experience to explore the cosmos and travel with robotic space probes.[/list]</BLOCKQUOTE>
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