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NASA Challenge Invites Students to Design Exploration Systems

A prototype of an inflatable lunar habitat. Credits: NASA

[NASA Press Release - 03.04.2014]
College and university students have an opportunity to help design systems for future space habitats and exploration systems through NASA's Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge. Applications for the fifth annual challenge will be accepted through April 30.

Astronomy from the Moon: ILOA Acquires Exclusive Images from Chang’E-3 Lunar Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope

Chang'e-3 on the Moon. Credits: CNSA

[ILOA Press Release - 19.03.2014]
The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) is receiving exclusive images from key partners at NAOC in Beijing, comprising data from the Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope aboard Chang'e-3 operating on the surface of the Moon.

NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic of Lunar North Pole

LRO mosaic of lunar north pole. Credits: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

[NASA Press Release - 18.03.2014]
Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon’s north polar region. The six-and-a-half feet (two-meters)-per-pixel images cover an area equal to more than one-quarter of the United States.

NASA Discusses Lunar CATALYST Commercial Lunar Lander Initiative

Astronauts and Lander on the surface of the Moon. Credits: NASA

[NASA Press Release - 24.01.2014]
NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EST Monday, Jan. 27, to discuss the Lunar Cargo Transportation and Landing by Soft Touchdown (Lunar CATALYST) initiative.

NASA Announces Partnership Opportunities for U.S. Commercial Lunar Lander Capabilities

Astrobotic's Griffin Lunar lander.  Credits: Astrobotic

[NASA Press Release - 17.01.2014]
Building on the progress of NASA's partnerships with the U.S. commercial space industry to develop new spacecraft and rockets capable of delivering cargo, and soon, astronauts to low Earth orbit, the agency is now looking for opportunities to spur commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the surface of the moon.

ILOA To Use Chang'e-3 Moon Lander Telescope For Galaxy Imaging

Chang'e-3 / Yutu Moon rover. Credits: CNSA

[ILOA Press Release 07.09.2013]

Helping China to the Moon

Chang'e-3 / Yutu Moon rover. Credits: CNSA

[ESA Press Release - 29.11.2013]
Shortly after China’s Chang’e-3 spacecraft departs Earth to land on the Moon, ESA’s network of tracking stations will swing into action, providing crucial support for the vessel’s five-day lunar cruise.

NASA Spacecraft Begins Collecting Lunar Atmosphere Data

LADEE approaches lunar orbit. Credits: NASA

[NASA Press Release - 21.11.2013]
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is ready to begin collecting science data about the moon.

Moon mission beams laser data to ESA station

LADEE transmitting laser signal. Credits: NASA

[ESA Press Release - 01.11.2013]
ESA’s ground station on the island of Tenerife has received laser signals over a distance of 400 000 km from NASA’s latest Moon orbiter. The data were delivered many times faster than possible with traditional radio waves, marking a significant breakthrough in space communications.

NASA Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon

LADEE LLCD Operations. Credits: NASA

[NASA Press Release - 22.10.2013]
NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 239,000 miles between the moon and Earth at a record-breaking download rate of 622 megabits per second (Mbps).

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