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For media support regarding the LADEE mission, please contact:

Rachel Hoover
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NASA Ames Research Center
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Nancy Neal Jones
Payloads, Testing and Launch Vehicle Integration
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Kimberly Newton
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
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Keith Koehler
Launch Vehicle and Services
NASA Wallops Flight Facility
757-824-1579
keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov

Latest News

LADEE Project Manager Update - 04.09.2012

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has received its integrated propulsion system that will enable the spacecraft to reach the moon. Achieving this milestone means the LADEE observatory is one step closer to launching its 2013 mission to explore the lunar environment.

The LADEE propulsion system, built by Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Calif., features a commercially-proven technology. The propulsion system is a variant of the mission critical capabilities used for many years on geostationary satellites to provide television, radio, broadband internet, meteorology and other services.

The LADEE team now has most of the flight hardware components available, and has entered the spacecraft's integration phase. During this phase, the LADEE team will attach hardware components to the various parts of the spacecraft structure, starting with the top radiator panel. This panel contains most of the spacecraft's active electronic systems, except the propulsion system.

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LADEE News and Features

LADEE Project Manager Update

NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory is cleared to go forward and complete the flight hardware fabrication necessary for its 2013 mission to explore the moon.
Model Helps Search for Moon Dust Fountains

Fountains of electric dust may be responsible for a mysterious glow seen on the lunar horizon during the Apollo 17 and other missions.
NASA Awards Contract for Moon-Bound Mission

NASA has selected Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Calif., to receive a contract for the propulsion system for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft.
NASA Sets Sights on Lunar Dust Exploration Mission

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- 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.