NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View has been assigned to create the nation’s first Lunar Science Institute, linking researchers around the country to study every aspect of the moon’s geology, history and chemistry as the space agency prepares for the… Read More at San Francisco Chronicle…
Kennedy Space Center workers will assemble the next lunar landers and help engineer habitats, surface vehicles and other equipment that will make up the United States’ first moon base, NASA announced on Tuesday. Read More at WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News…
The U.S. space agency has assigned specific responsibility to its individual centers for projects designed to enable astronauts to explore the moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the assignments for the Constellation Program that … Read More at EARTHtimes.org…
WASHINGTON – NASA announced Tuesday which agency centers will take responsibility for specific work to enable astronauts to explore the moon. The new assignments cover elements of the lunar lander and lunar surface operations. Read More at SpaceRef…
A lunar science institute is to be established in the US as astronauts plan to return to the moon by 2020, Nasa said. The Nasa Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) will lead teams across America working on the space agency’s research activities ahead of future missions. Read More at Channel 4…
NASA’s field centers learned their roles in developing the Ares 5. Read More at SPACE.com…
NASA announced Tuesday at its headquarters that it has assigned new tasks about lunar exploration to the ten NASA centers around the nation, a major step for its “return to moon” project. The center-by-center breakdown of assignment … Read More at People’s Daily…
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE – NASA officials announced new responsibilities for its research centers Tuesday in preparation for the second, moon-visiting phase of its human exploration program Constellation. Read More at Pasadena Star-News…
NASA decides lunar lander will be assembled at Kennedy Space Center and gives other non-launch work to its Florida base. Read More at Florida Today…
The U.S. space agency planned to announce work assignments involved in its program to return astronauts to the moon. Read More at UPI…