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

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

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 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.

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.

Watch the Phoenix landing! On May 25, 2008, the Phoenix Mars Lander will approach its final destination. The Entry Descent and Landing (EDL) will be a real nail-biter for engineers as the Phoenix spacecraft performs a series of challenging maneuvers right before it lands on Mars.

The dedication of the NASA Lunar Science Institute took place at Ames Research Center on Friday, April 11, 2008. Presentations were given by David Morrison (interim director of NLSI), Jen Heldmann…

Media briefing and dedication ceremony for the new NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA Ames Research Center on Friday, April 11, 2008

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.