http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmarsA RSS news feed containing the latest NASA press releases on exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond.en-ushttp://blogs.harvard.edu/tech/rssjim.wilson@nasa.govbrian.dunbar@nasa.gov http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_09-152_LROC_images.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jul/HQ_09-152_LROC_images.html NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-116_Moon_rocks.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-116_Moon_rocks.html NASA will offer reporters an unprecedented chance to conduct interviews with scientists inside the lab that stores moon rocks Apollo astronauts collected during their six missions. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-144_LRO_moon_orbit.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-144_LRO_moon_orbit.html After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-145_LCROSS_Swingby.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-145_LCROSS_Swingby.html The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, successfully completed its most significant early mission milestone Tuesday with a lunar swingby and calibration of its science instruments. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-113_Moon_missions.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-113_Moon_missions.html Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-111_MLAS_June25.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-111_MLAS_June25.html Because of delays completing preliminary tests at the launch site, NASA has rescheduled the test launch of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, to no earlier than June 25 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-110_MLAS_June_22.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_M09-110_MLAS_June_22.html ecause of weather concerns and launch site preparations, NASA has rescheduled the test flight of the Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, to no earlier than June 22 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-142_LRO_Launch_Success.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-142_LRO_Launch_Success.html NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-143_LCROSS_Launch_Success.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-143_LCROSS_Launch_Success.html NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Thursday on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-140_LRO_LCROSS_at_pad.html http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/jun/HQ_09-140_LRO_LCROSS_at_pad.html NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, rolled aboard their Atlas V rocket to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Wednesday morning in preparation for launch on Thursday. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT