Ask Science: Probes Will Crash Into The Moon’s Dark (not Far) Side Today

By KENNETH CHANG, New York Times
Mon, 12/17/2012 - 1:08pm

At 5:28 p.m. Monday, NASA’s Grail spacecraft will crash into the Moon’s shadows. (What would you call the half of the Moon facing away from the Sun?)

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