NASA Lunar Science Institute

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The NASA Lunar Science Institute is a new organization that supplements and extends existing NASA lunar science programs. Competitively selected team investigations will focus on one or more aspects of lunar science -- investigations of the Moon (including lunar samples), from the Moon, and on the Moon.

News

NLSI Student Poster Competition Winners — 21. August 2008

NLSI announces winners of the Student Poster Competition at the NLSI Lunar Science Conference, July 20-23, 2008, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

NLSI Announces Canada is First International Partner — 11. August 2008

NASA’s Lunar Science Institute announced Canada’s University of Western Ontario is its first international affiliate partner for conducting lunar science activities.

Send your name to the moon on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter! — 13. June 2008

The LRO mission is the first step in NASA’s plans to return humans to the moon by 2020— and your name can reach there first! Names entered into the database that will be placed on a microchip that will be integrated onto the LRO spacecraft.

NASA Tests Lunar Habitat in Extreme Antarctic Environment — 12. June 2008

NASA will use the cold, harsh, isolated landscape of Antarctica to test one of its concepts for astronaut housing on the moon. The agency is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to Antarctica to see how it stands up during a year of use.

Common Spacecraft Bus for Lunar Explorer Missions — 29. May 2008

NASA will include the Modular Common Spacecraft Bus in the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission. Watch a video of researchers testing the prototype compressed air propulsion system in a hover flight demonstration.

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Spotlight

NASA to Establish Nationwide Lunar Science Institute press release
NASA has announced its intent to establish a new lunar science institute. This effort, with dispersed teams across the nation, will help lead the agency's research activities for future lunar science missions related to NASA's exploration goals.
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MAJOR NASA LUNAR PROBES
Historic information about Pioneer, Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbitor, Clementine and Galileo
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World Book at NASA
Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the only astronomical body other than Earth ever visited by human beings. The moon is the brightest object in the night sky but gives off no light of its own. Instead, it reflects light from the sun. Like Earth and the rest of the solar system, the moon is about 4.6 billion years old.
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