Which Happened First?

Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory

Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
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The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) was an American lunar science mission in NASA's Discovery Program which used high-quality gravitational field mapping of the Moon to determine its interior structure.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. THEMISFebruary 17, 2007
  2. Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (this page)September 10, 2011
  3. Van Allen ProbesAugust 30, 2012
  4. Shenzhou 11October 16, 2016
  5. Soyuz MS-06September 12, 2017
  6. Soyuz MS-07December 17, 2017

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