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Bryce terrain
THE WINNER IS.....
Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was selected as part of a nationwide school contest that began in October 2011.
The names were submitted by fourth graders from the Emily Dickinson Elementary School. Nearly 900 classrooms with more than 11,000 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia participated in the contest. Previously named Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL-A and -B, the washing machine-sized spacecraft begin science operations in March, after a launch in September 2011.
"The 28 students of Nina DiMauro's class at the Emily Dickinson Elementary School have really hit the nail on the head," said Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal investigator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. "We were really impressed that the students drew their inspiration by researching GRAIL and its goal of measuring gravity. Ebb and Flow truly capture the spirit and excitement of our mission."
Zuber and Sally Ride, America's first woman in space and CEO of Sally Ride Science in San Diego, selected the names following the contest, which attracted 890 proposals via the Internet and mail. The contest invited ideas from students ages 5 to 18 enrolled in U.S. schools. Although everything from spelling and grammar to creativity was considered, Zuber and Ride primarily took into account the quality of submitted essays.
"With submissions from all over the United States and even some from abroad, there were a lot of great entries to review," Ride said. "This contest generated a great deal of excitement in classrooms across America, and along with it an opportunity to use that excitement to teach science."
GRAIL is NASA's first planetary mission carrying instruments fully dedicated to education and public outreach. Each spacecraft carries a small camera called GRAIL MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students). Thousands of students in grades five through eight will select target areas on the lunar surface and send requests for study to the GRAIL MoonKAM Mission Operations Center in San Diego.
The winning prize for the Dickinson students is to choose the first camera images. Dickinson is one of nearly 2,000 schools registered for the MoonKAM program, which is led by Ride and her team at Sally Ride Science in collaboration with undergraduate students at the University of California in San Diego.
"These spacecraft represent not only great science, but great inspiration for our future," said Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division in Washington. "As they study our lunar neighbor, Ebb and Flow will undergo nearly the same motion as the tides we feel here on Earth.”
Launched in September 2011, Ebb and Flow will be placed in a near-polar, near-circular orbit with an altitude of about 34 miles (55 kilometers). During their science mission, the duo will answer longstanding questions about the moon and give scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed.
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Magik
Comments (54)
mikeerson
this must be the Orange Juice they add into Mountain Dew - lol... I think your avatar is so cool, everytime I see it, I have to take a second to look it over.
mgtcs
Gorgeous lighting and colors my friend, wonderful work!
artistheat
Awesome Image
carlx
Fantastic colors, lighting and mood!!!
Savage_dragon
It draws you in. Very cool. ")
bazza
Excellent!!!!
MOSKETON
genial.
evielouise
Orange juice here we drink! cool magik~
mickeyrony
An extra terragen. Congratulations and many thanks for sharing ((5 + +)) Un terragen extra . Bravo et mille mercis de partager ((5++))
npauling
A stunning abstract with lovely flowing lines and beautiful colours.
Richardphotos
very unique and beautiful
Minda
COOL orange color and Very nice work magik..
jocko500
very wonderful
alessimarco
~Spectacular!~
magnus073
Magik, c'est une image fantastique. Votre galerie est merveilleux
eekdog
cool new avie as mike mentioned, love the orange hue.,
ToniDunlap
Sure makes you wonder what it might feel like to be there. Marvelous!
ArtistKimberly
Delightfully Beautiful,
machobubba
THIS IS A GREAT LOOKING ISLAND...
DennisReed
Gorgeous Hue!
sharky_
Beautiful work. Aloha
peedy
Fantastic image; atmo and coloring, MU. Beautiful lighting. Corrie
brycek
Beautiful!!
Jean_C
Intéressantes informations sur Ebb et Flow, et très belle image.
jayfar
Wouldn't it be nice to see sunsets like this!!
renecyberdoc
excellent also the information.
UteBigSmile
This image is a very beautiful one!
odile
Très belle harmonie orangée! J'aime beaucoup ce paysage.
adrie
Cool image and colours my friend, nice work.
Leije
Magnifique image, c'est un paysage comme je les aime! Merci pour les infos!