NASA to Crash GRAIL Probe on Lunar Surface
Source: NASA GRAIL probes' final flight path (Credits: NASA). Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more... Read more →
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SLS Wind Tunnel Buffet Model
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![A trajectory analysis that used a computational fluid dynamics approach to determine the likely position and velocity histories of the foam (Credits: NASA Ref [1] p61).](https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fluid-dynamics-trajectory-analysis-50x50.jpg)
