[Saturday, December 1, 2007] JAXA successfully demonstrated production of stereo movies (3 dimensional movies) of the Moon surface by using stereoscopic images obtained with the Terrain Camera (TC) onboard KAGUYA on Nov. 3, 2007 (Japan Standard Time, JST).

[Sunday, December 2, 2007] The first team to complete registration for the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE will unveil its plans on December 6th at the Space Investment Summit in San Jose, California.

[Wednesday, December 5, 2007] A new map obtained with SMART-1 data shows the geography and illumination of the lunar north pole. Such maps will be of great use for future lunar explorers.

[Thursday, December 6, 2007] The first team to complete registration for the $30M Google Lunar X PRIZE unveiled its plans today at the Space Investment Summit in San Jose, California.

[Friday, December 7, 2007] On Sept. 13, 2007, Dr. William L. "Red" Whittaker, Astrobotic's Chief Technology Officer and Lunar Mission Commander declared his intention to pursue the recently announced Google Lunar X Prize.

[Monday, December 10, 2007] "This past week has given me confirmation of something that has been a growing dread and suspicion : the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) is being suffocated. It is literally having the life choked out of it."

[Monday, December 10, 2007] At a Monday meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA's Associate Administrator for Science Alan Stern announced the selection of a new mission that will peer deep inside the moon to reveal its anatomy and history.

[Tuesday, December 11, 2007] Earth is largely protected by its magnetic field, or magnetosphere, but new University of Washington research shows that some parts of the moon also are protected by the magnetosphere for seven days during the 28-day orbit around Earth.

[Wednesday, December 12, 2007] How do you survive in a remote, mountainous region that has no water or wind and sometimes goes without sunlight for weeks? This is a question NASA must answer before sending humans to live and work on the moon.

[Wednesday, December 12, 2007] Every September, after the summer rain backs off but before the mornings get too cold, a pack of RATS descends on the desert near Flagstaff, Ariz., to spend two weeks testing technologies that will play a vital role in the future of space exploration.

[Wednesday, December 12, 2007] Measures to protect astronauts from health risks caused by space radiation will be important during extended missions to the moon or Mars, say researchers in a paper currently online in Experimental Neurology

[Thursday, December 13, 2007] At a Lunar Lander Project Office Industry Day NASA announced that the name of the new human lunar lander project's LSAM (Lunar Surface Access Module) will be "Altair". A logo was also unveiled.

[Thursday, December 13, 2007] Goodyear , the innovator of run-flat tire technology on Earth, is working with NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) to significantly evolve the technology and take its capabilities to the rest of the universe.

[Thursday, December 13, 2007] NASA/GRC has a requirement for directed research investigating the feasibility of a bedrest/exercise model where the equivalent of 1/6g is applied to the lower extremity for long periods of time representing standing, daily activities, exercise.

[Thursday, December 20, 2007] NASA Analog Missions research addresses the need for integrated interdisciplinary field experiments as an integral part of preparation for planned human and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars.

[Thursday, December 20, 2007] NASA has selected Altair as the name of the lunar lander the Constellation Program will use to put humans on the moon.

[Saturday, December 22, 2007] The Lunar Lander Project Office at the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), plans to issue a Broad Agency Announcement soliciting proposals for two study areas.

[Monday, December 24, 2007] The $375-million GRAIL mission is led by principal investigator Maria Zuber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

[Monday, December 31, 2007] This white-light image of the Moon was taken by the NASA EPOXI mission as part of the Earth-Moon Flyby calibration of the instruments. The image was taken by the High Resolution Instrument (HRI) visual imaging camera at 22:00 UT on 29 Dec 2007.

[Monday, December 31, 2007] The middle and bottom images show the IR data reconstructed as images of the Moon at 1.5um. These are very comparable to the VIS images (same resolution as MRI).