NASA launches twin satellites bound for moon

Twin satellites blasted off aboard a rocket Saturday on a mission to unveil the inner secrets of the moon, the US space agency NASA said.

The Grail spacecraft launch at 9.08 am aboard a Delta II rocket from an Air Force base adjacent to NASA’s facilities at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The blastoff had been postponed twice due to bad weather on Thursday and Friday.

The two small Grail spacecraft - which are about the size of washing machines - will fly in formation above the moon’s surface to map its gravity.