[Wednesday, April 2, 2008] NASA selected two proposals from researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to assist with measurements the agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will make.

[Wednesday, April 2, 2008] The House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics will hold a hearing to review the status of NASA's Exploration initiative and examine issues related to its implementation.

[Friday, April 4, 2008] For astronauts there is one danger in space that does not end when they step out of their spacecraft. The radiation that permeates space unattenuated by Earth's atmosphere and magnetosphere.

[Monday, April 7, 2008] Aerojet and Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that together the two companies successfully conducted a static firing of the jettison motor, a key component of the Launch Abort System for NASA's Orion human spaceflight program.

[Monday, April 7, 2008] News media are invited to interview key NASA officials and attend a dedication ceremony for the new NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA Ames Research Center on Friday, April 11, 2008.

[Wednesday, April 9, 2008] Materials blasted into space from the surface of early Earth may preserve a unique record of our planet's early surface environment.

[Wednesday, April 9, 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.

[Friday, April 11, 2008] The NASA Lunar Science Institute is modeled after the successful NASA Astrobiology Institute, also managed by Ames, and features teams of scientists across the country collaborating in lunar science and future lunar exploration.

[Tuesday, April 15, 2008] The Educational Materials section of NASA's Web site offers classroom activities, educator guides, posters and other types of resources that are available for use in the classroom.

[Tuesday, April 15, 2008] A study from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center demonstrates that the high-energy radiation found in space may lead to premature aging and prolonged oxidative stress in cells.

[Wednesday, April 16, 2008] Several instruments that will help NASA characterize the moon's surface have been installed on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO.

[Thursday, April 17, 2008] NASA requested that a committee under the auspices of the National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board carry out an assessment of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP).

[Tuesday, April 22, 2008] JAXA and NHK successfully captured a movie of the "Full Earth-Rise"*1 using the onboard High Definition Television (HDTV) of the lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) on April 6, 2008 (Japan Standard Time).

[Tuesday, April 22, 2008] This view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft shows the Earth rising above the Moon's horizon. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside

[Tuesday, April 22, 2008] "To those of us who have committed our lives to the proposition that the exploration and development of space, recent events have a familiar and depressing feel."