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Media Contacts

For media support regarding the LADEE mission, please contact:

Rachel Hoover
Mission Management, Development, Operations and Science
NASA Ames Research Center
Office of Public Affairs
650-604-4789
rachel.hoover@nasa.gov

Nancy Neal Jones
Payloads, Testing and Launch Vehicle Integration
Office of Public Affairs
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
301-286-0039
Nancy.N.Jones@nasa.gov

Kimberly Newton
Lunar Quest Program Office
Office of Public Affairs
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
256-544-0371
kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov

Keith Koehler
Launch Vehicle and Services
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
757-824-1579
keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov

Latest News

    LADEE Project Manager Update - 06.27.2012

    NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission is making great progress towards its 2013 launch to explore the lunar environment. Work is being completed in parallel in five major areas: the radiator panel, the main structure of the spacecraft, the propulsion system, the instruments, and the launch vehicle.

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LADEE News and Features

  • James Bell examines the integrated propulsion system for LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer in a cleanroom at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

    LADEE Project Manager Update

    NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer has received its integrated propulsion system that will enable the spacecraft to reach the moon.

  • Artist's rendering of the LADEE spacecraft.

    LADEE Project Manager Update

    NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory is cleared to go forward and complete the flight hardware fabrication necessary for its 2013 mission to explore the moon.

  • Picture of coronal light taken with Clementine spacecraft

    Model Helps Search for Moon Dust Fountains

    Fountains of electric dust may be responsible for a mysterious glow seen on the lunar horizon during the Apollo 17 and other missions.

  • Artist's conception of the The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft.

    NASA Awards Contract for Moon-Bound Mission

    NASA has selected Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Calif., to receive a contract for the propulsion system for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft.

  • MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – News media are invited to interview key NASA officials and attend a dedication ceremony for the new NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA Ames Research Center on Friday, April 11, 2008.

    NASA Sets Sights on Lunar Dust Exploration Mission

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft to the moon in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust lofted above the surface.

Mission Overview

     NASA’s LADEE mission will orbit the moon to characterize the atmosphere and lunar dust environment.

    Launch Date:
    2013

    Launch Site:
    Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.

    Launch Vehicle:
    Minotaur V

    Mission Duration:
    Approximately 160 days (30 days to travel to the moon, 30 days for checkout and 100 days for science operations)

    Mass:
    Approximately 844 pounds (383 kilograms)

    Power:
    Approximately 295 Watts

     

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Wide-angle view of Minotaur V at NASA Wallops

A wide-angle view of an inert Minotaur V launch vehicle is erected on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s pad 0B at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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LADEE Bake-out

The propulsion system for NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission sits in a thermal cage after coming out of a bake-out chamber.
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Minotaur V at NASA Wallops

An inert Minotaur V launch vehicle is erected on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s pad 0B at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
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