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NLSI Science Teams
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NLSI’s team at Brown/MIT finds new rock type on the Moon
“These are very unusual areas,” said NLSI team member Carle Pieters, a planetary geologist at Brown University in Providence, R.I., who reported the finding November 2 at a meeting of the Geological Society of America.
Pieters has dubbed the new rock type OOS, because it is rich in the minerals orthopyroxene, olivine and [...]
Lunar Science Forum
The NASA Lunar Science Institute is pleased to announce the 5th annual NASA Lunar Science Forum, to be held July 17-19, 2012. This year's forum will feature sessions on in-depth scientific results from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, ARTEMIS, LADEE, and the GRAIL satellites, a dedicated side-conference for graduate students and young lunar professionals, as well as the annual Shoemaker Award ceremony and associated keynote lecture.
Did you know?
Water ice and other frozen volatiles are to be found in many shadowed craters near the lunar poles.