[Tuesday, February 7, 2006] NASA's Centennial Challenges Program released today draft rules for six new prize competitions. NASA is seeking external comments and collaborating organizations in order to finalize and initiate these Challenges.

[Thursday, February 9, 2006] Ohio State University planetary scientists have found the remains of ancient lunar impacts that may have helped create the surface feature commonly called the "man in the moon."

[Sunday, February 12, 2006] With the help of several Olympic athletes, students can get a physics lesson from NASA about potential winter sports on the most extreme venue around -- the moon.

[Thursday, February 16, 2006] Smart-1 operation has been nominal during the Christmas period. The push-broom operations were terminated just before Christmas giving the pace for resuming routine payload operations.

[Friday, February 17, 2006] The first in a series of robotic missions to the moon, the lunar orbiter is scheduled for launch in October 2008. It will carry six science instruments and a technology demonstration.

[Friday, February 17, 2006] This composite image, taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows crater Billy at the edge of a large lava plain on the Moon.

[Friday, February 17, 2006] NASA is planning the next steps on the moon, permanent steps. But living on an airless, magnificently desolate world, has a few challenges. Experts will be available to discuss those challenges on Friday, Feb. 24.

[Monday, February 27, 2006] "NASA's original ESAS focus was to enable both the ISS and lunar missions while enabling extensibility to Mars. After further analysis, NASA has elected to alter the architectural baseline."