GRAIL Spacecraft NamingAt the end of a nationwide school contest, on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, the GRAIL spacecraft officially received their new names, EBB and FLOW.
The Official Announcment
The Winning Classroom
About the ContestIn September 2011, twin GRAIL satellites launched into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to begin their journey to the Moon. Before the spacecraft reached their destination, the GRAIL team had another mission to accomplish: naming the satellites, which at that time were called GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B. NASA, JPL, and Sally Ride Science called on U.S. students to tap into their creativity and mission knowledge to rename the satellites.
Nine hundred schools and more than 11,000 students from 45 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, participated in the contest which began in October 2011.