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Moon and Mars Missions

Humans Return to the Moon

NASA is returning to the moon to build a sustainable long term human presence. The Constellation Program is building the Ares rockets and Orion crew capsule.

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Robotic Lunar Exploration

The Mission Objectives of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) include confirming the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the Moon's South Pole.

A pair of missions will map the lunar surface and search for water at the south pole.

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› LCROSS Lunar Impactor

Mars Exploration

Get the latest information on NASA spacecraft orbiting and roving the Red Planet.

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Latest Features

Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing, which simulates the extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space LRO will experience after launch.
Four Out of Six Apollos

Their names are now part of exploration history -- Sea of Tranquility, Ocean of Storms, Frau Mauro, Hadley Rille, Descartes and Taurus-Littrow.
To Go Where No Spacecraft Has Gone Before

Scattered loosely around the beltline of Earth's nearest neighbor are six silent sentinels, testaments to America's first moon program.
NASA Instrument Inaugurates 3-D Moon Imaging

Different wavelengths of light provide new information about a region of the moon in an image taken by NASA's instrument aboard India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.
Mark Robinson

I integrate Mini-SAR data with existing datasets and image data to be collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Latest News Releases

NASA Selects Research Teams for Lunar Science Institute

01.09.09 - NASA has selected seven academic and research teams as initial members of the agency's Lunar Science Institute.
NASA Selects Hampton Firms For Engineering Support

01.09.09 - NASA Selects Hampton Firms For Engineering Support
NASA Astronauts Connect With Lucky Las Vegas School Students

01.06.09 - Las Vegas students who "struck it rich" and have an opportunity to chat with NASA Expedition 18 astronauts.

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Media Resources

Google Lunar X Prize to Announce 'Mystery Team' at NASA Ames

12.11.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., -- The X PRIZE Foundation will reveal the identities of a ?Mystery Team? competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE at NASA?s Ames Research Center on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008.
Gilbrech to Hold Media Briefing at National Space Symposium

03.3108 - The briefing will be at 1:15 p.m. MDT on April 8 in Colorado Springs, Colo.