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 We are pleased to offer the following high definition video of the GRAIL mission to our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. These video files are presented in 720p resolution. Learn how you can subscribe to Spaceflight Now Plus. Questions about the high definition video can be emailed.  GRAIL launch as seen live  Running Time: 3 min 37 sec File Size: 126 MB The United Launch Alliance Delta 2-Heavy rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral's pad 17B at 9:08:52 a.m. carrying NASA's GRAIL lunar gravity mappers.  DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Jetty Park  Running Time: 40 sec File Size: 25 MB Beautiful footage of the Delta 2 rocket launching GRAIL as seen from the beach just south of the Jetty Park pier along the edge of the Atlantic Ocea. DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Trident Bluff  Running Time: 1 min 3 sec File Size: 38 MB The launch of the Delta 2 rocket with NASA's GRAIL spacecraft as seen from the Trident Bluff location near the south edge of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: UCS 23 tracker  Running Time: 2 min 0 sec File Size: 72 MB The Universal Camera Site 23 north of Complex 17 follows the Delta 2 rocket during its initial ascent away from Cape Canaveral with the GRAIL spacecraft. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Backside camera  Running Time: 27 sec File Size: 17 MB The fire and smoke of the Delta 2-Heavy rocket's blastoff is illustrated in this camera positioned on the backside of Cape Canaveral's pad 17B. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Northside camera  Running Time: 34 sec File Size: 21 MB This camera on the north side of Cape Canaveral's pad 17B shows the Delta 2-Heavy rocket's liftoff and tilts up to see the vehicle flying away. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Patrick AFB  Running Time: 2 min 41 sec File Size: 97 MB This long-range tracking camera located at Patrick Air Force Base follows the Delta 2-Heavy rocket launching on the eastward trajectory from the Cape. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: KSC tracker  Running Time: 1 min 38 sec File Size: 59 MB This powerful tracking camera located at the Kennedy Space Center follows the Delta 2-Heavy rocket during its climb away from the spaceport. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Press Site 1  Running Time: 2 min 17 sec File Size: 81 MB This view of the GRAIL spacecraft launching aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2-Heavy rocket was captured by a camera at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Press Site 1. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Pad 17B camera  Running Time: 27 sec File Size: 16 MB A spectacular front view from Cape Canaveral's pad 17B shows the dramatic ignition and liftoff of the Delta 2-Heavy rocket. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch replay: Pad 17A camera  Running Time: 27 sec File Size: 16 MB A camera on pad 17A looking southward provides a dramatic view of the Delta 2-Heavy rocket blasting off from pad 17B carrying NASA's GRAIL.(Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADAerial views of launch pad  Running Time: 2 min 32 sec File Size: 94 MB Aerial footage of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's historic Complex 17 was captured by helicopter during the Delta 2-Heavy rocket's countdown in preparation for NASA's GRAIL mission. DOWNLOADLaunch scrubbed  Running Time: 1 min 15 sec File Size: 47 MB Unfavorable high-altitude wind concerns force officials to scrub the Sept. 8 attempt to launch the GRAIL mission from Cape Canaveral. DOWNLOADGantry retracted from rocket  Running Time: 3 min 2 sec File Size: 115 MB In preparation for the first launch attempt, the mobile service gantry at Cape Canaveral's pad 17B is rolled away from the Delta 2-Heavy rocket. DOWNLOADTime-lapse of tower rollback  Running Time: 57 sec File Size: 36 MB A time-lapse movie shot at Cape Canaveral's Complex 17 shows the mobile service tower retracting to reveal the Delta 2-Heavy rocket for the GRAIL mission. DOWNLOADRocket's pre-launch campaign  Running Time: 8 min 31 sec File Size: 305 MB This narrated movie compiles the highlights from the Delta 2 rocket's pre-flight campaign at Cape Canaveral in preparation to launch the GRAIL spacecraft. DOWNLOADSatellites' pre-launch campaign  Running Time: 7 min 15 sec File Size: 285 MB This narrated movie compiles the highlights of the GRAIL spacecraft undergoing its pre-launch preparation campaign in Cape Canaveral, Florida. DOWNLOADGRAIL PI interview  Running Time: 5 min 50 sec File Size: 223 MB This is a pre-launch interview with Maria Zuber, the GRAIL principal investigator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DOWNLOADPreviewing Delta's ascent  Running Time: 4 min 35 sec File Size: 172 MB Learn about the United Launch Alliance Delta 2-Heavy rocket's flight trajectory to deploy the GRAIL spacecraft on their trans-lunar voyage. DOWNLOADGRAIL launch animation  Running Time: 57 sec File Size: 36 MB This animation depicts the Delta 2-Heavy rocket launching the twin GRAIL spacecraft and the satellites flying away from Earth on their voyage to the Moon. DOWNLOADRoadmap to the Moon  Running Time: 2 min 35 sec File Size: 97 MB David Lehman, GRAIL project manager from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, describes the circuitous route the satellites will take from Earth to the Moon. DOWNLOADHow gravity measures are made  Running Time: 1 min 36 sec File Size: 61 MB Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal investigator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explains how the twin satellites will map the lunar gravity field. DOWNLOADMoon mapping animation  Running Time: 1 min 51 sec File Size: 64 MB This animation illustrates the GRAIL spacecraft working in tandem around the Moon to precisely measure the lunar gravity field. DOWNLOADRocket's nose cone attached  Running Time: 8 min 46 sec File Size: 335 MB Installation of the Delta 2 rocket's nose cone is accomplished at launch pad 17B. The 10-foot-diameter composite fairing shrouds the GRAIL spacecraft during the climb through Earth's atmosphere in the initial five minutes of flight. DOWNLOADSatellites moved to the launch pad  Running Time: 12 min 07 sec File Size: 460 MB After 55 years of launches, the historic Complex 17 at the Cape Canaveral receives what could be its final satellite payload when NASA's twin Moon-mapper probes arrive for mounting atop the Delta 2 rocket. DOWNLOADSecond craft put on launch deployer  Running Time: 5 min 44 sec File Size: 222 MB Inside the Astrotech satellite processing facility, the GRAIL-A spacecraft is installed aboard the launch dispenser system that will deploy the satellite from the Delta 2 rocket during flight. DOWNLOADFirst satellite put on launch deployer  Running Time: 6 min 59 sec File Size: 266 MB The GRAIL-B spacecraft is hoisted atop the launch dispenser system that will deploy the satellite from the Delta 2 rocket during flight. DOWNLOADSpacecraft solar array testing  Running Time: 6 min 59 sec File Size: 289 MB The power-generating solar arrays on the Moon-bound GRAIL spacecraft are unfurled for pre-launch testing at the Astrotech processing facility. DOWNLOADSatellites readied for launch campaign  Running Time: 6 min 15 sec File Size: 239 MB The GRAIL lunar mapper tandem are placed onto rotating work fixtures at the Astrotech facility following arrival in Florida so pre-flight preparations can begin. DOWNLOADUnboxing the satellites  Running Time: 8 min 4 sec File Size: 309 MB Inside the commercially-run Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, the shipping container is opened to unpack the GRAIL spacecraft. DOWNLOADUnloading at the Cape  Running Time: 10 min 20 sec File Size: 393 MB The Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory spacecraft are unloaded from the Air Force transport aircraft at Kennedy Space Center following shipment from Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver. DOWNLOADSpacecraft shipped to Florida  Running Time: 7 min 7 sec File Size: 270 MB NASA's twin GRAIL lunar probes touch down on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida to begin final preparations for launch. DOWNLOADSecond stage installed  Running Time: 9 min 3 sec File Size: 346 MB Technicians hoist the hypergolic second stage into the launch pad 17B tower for installation onto the Delta 2 rocket as assembly continues for the GRAIL mission. DOWNLOADSecond stage arrives at the pad  Running Time: 5 min 35 sec File Size: 212 MB The second stage for the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket for NASA's GRAIL lunar gravity mission carted to Complex 17 for stacking. DOWNLOADFirst set of SRBs attached  Running Time: 10 min 46 sec File Size: 412 MB GRAIL's Delta 2-Heavy rocket is outfitted with the first three strap-on solid motors during pre-flight assembly. The mission will use a total of nine boosters. DOWNLOADSRBs ready for installation  Running Time: 12 min 44 sec File Size: 484 MB The first set of solid-fuel boosters for the Delta 2 rocket to launch GRAIL is delivered to Cape Canaveral's pad 17B for lifting into the gantry. DOWNLOADRocket stacking underway  Running Time: 10 min 59 sec File Size: 422 MB On-pad assembly for the Moon-bound GRAIL mission officially gets underway as the Delta 2 rocket's first stage is erected onto the Complex 17B launch mount. DOWNLOADFirst stage goes vertical  Running Time: 12 min 28 sec File Size: 478 MB The first stage of the Delta 2 rocket is picked up from its transport trailer and suspended up into the launch pad's mobile service gantry. DOWNLOADDelta rocket's first stage  Running Time: 10 min 41 sec File Size: 408 MB To begin preparing the United Launch Alliance Delta 2-Heavy rocket for NASA's GRAIL mission, the first stage is trucked to Cape Canaveral's pad 17B. 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