[Friday, August 1, 2008] NASA MSFC is issuing this RFI to conduct a market survey of the planetary science, academic, commercial, government and other interested communities to obtain an understanding of currently existing planetary surface visualization systems.

[Tuesday, August 5, 2008] The X PRIZE Foundation today announced that ten teams will compete in the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge, which will take place at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, October 24-25, 2008.

[Wednesday, August 6, 2008] We've got rockets. We've got rovers. We've got a race. But what we don't have is a creative, original T-Shirt that perfectly captures the spirit of exploration and innovation of the Google Lunar X PRIZE.

[Friday, August 15, 2008] As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and then on to Mars, psychologists are exploring the challenges astronauts will face on missions that will be much longer and more demanding than previous space flights.

[Monday, August 18, 2008] The Lunar Lander Challenge is a prize contest designed to accelerate technology developments supporting the commercial creation of a vehicle capable of ferrying cargo or humans back and forth between lunar orbit and the lunar surface.

[Tuesday, August 19, 2008] NASA has issued a RFI to gauge interest and solicit ideas from private companies in providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of exploration, scientific and commercial capabilities on the moon.

[Wednesday, August 20, 2008] ..."One the the activities that the student team is pursuing is an online survey to try to get a market feel for the more/most important stakeholders which the teams and the foundation can then use to focus the efforts."

[Thursday, August 21, 2008] NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program (ETDP) is designed to support, develop, and ultimately provide the necessary technologies for the agency's new Constellation flight program.