January 2007 Top Stories
»» NASA Invites Academia and Industry to Lunar Dust Workshop
[Monday, January 8, 2007] The three-day workshop will focus on the effects of lunar dust for human and robotic missions to the moon, as well as procedures and technologies to protect astronauts and vehicles.
»» Send a New Year's Message to the Moon on Japan's SELENE Mission
[Thursday, January 11, 2007] The Planetary Society, in conjunction with The Planetary Society of Japan and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), offers just that opportunity with the "Wish Upon the Moon" campaign to send names and messages on Japan's SELENE mission.
»» A Moon Full of Opportunity
[Monday, January 22, 2007] The 2nd Space Exploration Conference held December 2006 in Houston outlined several reasons for a human return to the Moon. Remarkably, some complain that the reason for going to the Moon is still unclear.
»» How SMART-1 has made European space exploration smarter
[Wednesday, January 31, 2007] A few months after the end of the SMART-1 mission scientists and engineers gathered to recap on these and all the other achievements of the first European mission to the Moon.
