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December 1, 2008 Chang’e-1 Completes Mapping of Moon
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2008
November 25, 2008 NASA Prepares for New Juno Mission to Jupiter
November 21, 2008 NASA Spacecraft Detects Buried Glaciers on Mars
November 20, 2008 Site List Narrows for NASA’s Next Mars Landing
November 14, 2008 NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
November 10, 2008 Next Steps Toward an International Lunar Base
November 10, 2008 Public Invited to Cosmic Explorations Lecture on Thursday, November 13
October 29, 2008 NASA’s Phoenix Mission Faces Survival Challenges
October 7, 2008 India Sets Launch date for Chandryaan-1 Mission to the Moon
October 7, 2008 Notes from the Recent Meeting of the Planetary Science Subcommittee
October 7, 2008 Cassini Plans Doubleheader Flybys of Saturn’s Geyser Moon
September 23, 2008 Mars Rover to Head Toward Bigger Crater
September 22, 2008 LPI Fully Operational
September 19, 2008 NASA Selects Mission to Study Mars Atmosphere
September 4, 2008 Tellier Announces Retirement from LPI
August 26, 2008 NASA Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End
August 19, 2008 IAU Approves Name of Fourth Dwarf Planet
August 15, 2008 Solar System Book Dedicated to Robert Clayton, “Mr. Oxygen”
August 14, 2008 Take an Interactive Journey Through NASA’s First Fifty Years of Exploration
July 24, 2008 Dr. Paul Spudis Announced as Chief Scientist of Google Lunar X PRIZE Contender Odyssey Moon Limited
July 22, 2008 NASA Spacecraft Shows Diverse, Wet Environments on Ancient Mars
July 15, 2008 MESSENGER Makes New Discoveries from Mercury
July 15, 2008 Former NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Robert C. Seamans Jr. Dies at Age 89
June 23, 2008 Former LPI Intern Heads Team that Finds a New Type of Comet Dust Mineral
June 20, 2008 John Lindsay, 1941–2008
June 16, 2008 LPI Unveils 40th Anniversary Historical Timeline
June 6, 2008 Highest-Resolution View Ever from Mars Comes from NASA Lander
June 2, 2008 LPI Welcomes 2008 Summer Interns
May 29, 2008 Taylor Named Recipient of the 2008 Carl Sagan Medal
May 27, 2008 Phoenix Spacecraft Lands at Martian Arctic Site
May 22, 2008 Mars Express Images Crater in Mamers Valles, Mars
May 19, 2008 NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars is Colder
May 14, 2008 Wandering Poles Leave Giant Scars on Europa’s Icy Surface
May 2, 2008 Send Your Name to the Moon with New Lunar Mission
April 25, 2008 New Release: The Solar System Beyond Neptune
April 24, 2008 High School Students Help Explore Mars Through Innovative Program
April 21, 2008 NASA Extends Cassini’s Grand Tour of Saturn
April 11, 2008 Taylor to be Featured Speaker in Cosmic Explorations Public Lecture on April 17
April 4, 2008 Stardust Stars on Earth as it Does in the Heavens
March 28, 2008 Cassini Spacecraft Finds Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan’s Crust
March 27, 2008 NASA Mission Finds New Clues to Guide the Search for Life on Mars
March 24, 2008 Former LPI Intern Selected for Return to Moon Team
March 6, 2008 Saturn’s Moon Rhea Also May Have Rings
February 28, 2008 Ancient Groundwater Flow on Mars
February 26, 2008 Results from Mercury, Moon Missions Highlight Conference
February 25, 2008 International Solar Mission to End Following Stellar Performance
February 20, 2008 Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets
February 20, 2008 Titan’s Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth
February 14, 2008 Upcoming Rare Total Lunar Eclipse
February 12, 2008 LPI Career Development Award Recipients Announced
February 12, 2008 Gordon McKay, 1945–2008
February 8, 2008 LPI Welcomes the Return of Dr. Paul Spudis
January 31, 2008 NASA Spacecraft Streams Back Surprises from Mercury
January 30, 2008 LPI Celebrates 40 Years
January 29, 2008 Bottke to be Featured in Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series
January 25, 2008 Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth
January 17, 2008 Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn
January 16, 2008 MESSENGER's First Look at Mercury's Previously Unseen Side
2007
December 17, 2007 MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby Scheduled for January
December 12, 2007 New NASA Mission to Reveal Moon's Internal Structure and Evolution
December 11, 2007 International Group Plans Strategy for Mars Sample Return Mission
November 29, 2007 LPI Scientist Part of Team Reporting Evidence of a Massive Ice Deposit on Mars
November 29, 2007 Graduate Students Eligible for the LPI Career Development Award
November 28, 2007 Study Sheds New Light on Early Formation of Earth and Mars
November 27, 2007 China’s Chang’e-1 Captures Its First Image of the Moon
November 18, 2007 NASA Tests Lunar Habitat in Extreme Antarctic Environment
November 15, 2007 Announcing the 2007 Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award Recipient
November 15, 2007 KAGUYA (SELENE) Takes First HDTV Image
November 7, 2007 Administrator Griffin to Speak at Upcoming 39th Lunar and Planetary
Science Conference
November 7, 2007 Local Scientist Helps Unravel the Mystery of a Rare Earthquake that Shook Hawaii
November 7, 2007 Scientists Discover Record Fifth Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
November 1, 2007 NASA to Establish Nationwide Lunar Science Institute
October 26, 2007 LPI Premieres New Cosmic Exploration Speaker Series
October 24, 2007 China Successfully Launches Chang’e 1
October 22, 2007 LPI Scientist Writes New Guidebook
October 19, 2007 LEAG Annual Meeting Presentations Available
October 17, 2007 China Ready to Launch First Lunar Satellite
October 12, 2007 KAGUYA ("SELENE") Subsatellite Separation
October 10, 2007 LPI Announces New Lunar Science and Exploration Website
October 10, 2007 LPI Teams Up with Europlanet
September 28, 2007 NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Enroute to Shed Light on Asteroid Belt
September 27, 2007 Workshop Announcement - Enabling Exploration: The Lunar Outpost and Beyond
September 14, 2007 SELENE (“KAGUYA”) Lunar Mission Launches Successfully
September 14, 2007 Saturn’s Moon Iapetus is the Yin-and-Yang of the Solar System
September 7, 2007 500 Days at Venus, and the Surprises Keep Coming
September 4, 2007 Pioneering NASA Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years of Flight
August 27, 2007 Life and Work on the Moon: What Images Come to Mind?
August 27, 2007 Hubble Camera Snags Rare View of Uranus Rings
August 21, 2007 NASA Science Mission Directorate Update
August 13, 2007 Spacecraft Tandem Provide New Views of Venus
August 10, 2007 Dust Storm Situation on Mars Improves; Spirit Resumes Using Robotic Arm
August 6, 2007 NASA Spacecraft Heads for Polar Region on Mars
August 3, 2007 Digital Archive Casts New Light on Apollo-Era Moon Pictures
July 17, 2007 Planetary Science Subcommittee Notes
June 22, 2007 NASA Research Supports Presence of Large Oceans on Early Mars
June 21, 2007 NASA and ESA Sign Agreements for Future Cooperation
June 7, 2007 NASA, 13 Space Agencies Release Exploration Strategy Framework
June 5, 2007 Mars Rover Spirit Unearths Surprise Evidence of Wetter Past
May 24, 2007 Announcing the Inaugural Issue of the Planetary Exploration Newsletter
May 21, 2007 NASA Finds Extremely Hot Planet, Makes First Exoplanet Weather Map
May 21, 2007 Frictional Heating Explains Plumes on Enceladus
May 7, 2007 Space Resources Roundtable IX First Announcement
May 3, 2007 USGS Releases Clementine NIR Full-Resolution Lunar Mosiac
May 3, 2007 In Memoriam: Eugene Jarosewich, 1926–2007
April 24, 2007 STEREO Makes First 3-D Images of the Sun
April 20, 2007 Molly McCanta, Planetary Detective
April 20, 2007 Canada's New Government Appoints New President to the Canadian Space Agency
April 6, 2007 Tracking Alien Turbulences with Venus Express
April 6, 2007 Smithsonian at the Poles
March 23, 2007 Another Successful LPSC
March 21, 2007 Temporary Opening of the Cosmic Dust Lab at NASA JSC
March 21, 2007 Mars' South Pole Ice Deep and Wide
March 14, 2007 NASA Mars Rover Churns Up Questions With Sulfur-Rich Soil (LPSC 2007)
March 13, 2007 Cassini Spacecraft Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan (LPSC 2007)
March 12, 2007 A Hot Start Might Explain Geysers on Enceladus (LPSC 2007)
February 20, 2007 Committee to Assess Solar System Exploration
February 20, 2007 Revised Selection Procedure for all NASA R&A Proposals
February 14, 2007 New Release: Protostars and Planets V
February 12, 2007 Planetary Scientist Dr. Alan Stern Selected to Lead Mission Directorate
February 5, 2007 Pluto Probe Prepares for 9000 mph Boost from Jupiter
February 5, 2007 NASA Announces Jim Green as Director, Planetary Science Division
January 22, 2007 Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's Explosion
January 17, 2007 LPI to Administer Shoemaker and Barringer Awards
January 12, 2007 Cassini's Infrared Camera Sees Tall Mountains on Titan
January 9, 2007 LPI to Host a Night Viewing
January 8, 2007 Abstract Deadline for 38th LPSC Approaches
2006
December 28, 2006 ESA to Define Long-Term Space Exploration Strategy
December 14, 2006 Studies of Volcanos on Other Planets Yield Understanding of Earthquakes
December 14, 2006 Planetary Society Offers $50,000 for Asteroid Tagging Designs
December 6, 2006 LPIB Features an Interview with Director of Planetary Science Division
December 4, 2006 NASA Unveils Global Exploration Strategy and Lunar Architecture
December 1, 2006 JSC Researchers Discover Building Blocks for Life in Meteorite
November 27, 2006 USRA Announces New President
November 22, 2006 Radar Subsurface Imaging Leads to Discovery of Rare Meteorite
November 8, 2006 LPI Launches New Abstract Search Tool
November 6, 2006 LPI Postdoctoral Fellow Wins 2006 Dwornik Award
November 6, 2006 Mercury Crossing the Sun Wednesday
November 2, 2006 NASA Announces Graduate Fellowship Program
October 24, 2006 LPI Summer Intern Program Now Accepting Applications for 2007
October 26, 2006 NASA's First 3-D Solar Imaging Mission Soars into Space
October 23, 2006 NASA Expands DDAP to Include Stardust Sample Analysis
October 17, 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Details of Mars
October 9, 2006 Astronauts, Robots, and 21st Century Exploration
October 5, 2006 AGI Sponsors Earth Week
October 3, 2006 NASA Scientist Receives 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics
October 2, 2006 Mineral-Mapping Imager Begins Mission at Mars
September 25, 2006 A View of Earth from Saturn
September 18, 2006 Washington University and Shandong University Plan Lunar Research Collaboration
Septmeber 15, 2006 Solar System Exploration 2006
September 12, 2006 Positions Available at NASA Headquarters
September 11, 2006 Shuttle Atlantis Reaches ISS
September 4, 2006 Strain Takes Over at APL
August 29, 2006 SMART-1 Impact on the Moon
August 25, 2006 Summer Field Trips for Educators
August 25, 2006 Pluto No Longer a Planet
July 21, 2006 Father of Earth formation models, Carnegie’s George Wetherill, dies at 80
July 18 , 2006 LPI Welcomes 2006 Summer Interns
July 14, 2006 Potential Impact Field Discovered in Egypt
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