Februaary 29, 2008
LCROSS Astronomer Workshop at Ames Research Center
Workshop presentations are now available online.

January 14, 2008
LCROSS instrumentation payload ships from Ames to Northrop Grumman for integration with spacecraft, see NASA Press Release.

November 17, 2007
On Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. PST, NASA Ames will host a 'Return to the Moon Family Night.' The evening's activities will highlight the roles of NASA and Ames Research Center in conducting robotic missions that serve as the vanguard of future Moon missions.

Family Night activities and exhibits will include:

• animated videos
• Moon rocks display
• robotic rover demonstrations
• kids activities
• telescope viewing of the lunar surface
• presentations from LCROSS experts and scientists.

This event is free of charge and open to the general public.
For more details, including schedule of speakers, see NASA Press Release.

September 19, 2007
Tony Colaprete will be giving an LCROSS Overview talk to the Sons-in-Retirement group in Palo Alto, CA.

August 16, 2007
Brian Day will present an overview of LCROSS and its educational programs to the Pre-Service Teacher Institute at NASA Ames.

August 4, 2007
LCROSS mission featured as lead front-page story in the San Jose Mercury News. See the story online at http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_6543604

August 2, 2007
Jennifer Heldmann will present an LCROSS Overview talk to both the NASA Ames Academy for Space Exploration and the visiting NASA Glenn Academy at ARC on 2 Aug 2007.

August 1, 2007
Jennifer Heldmann will present an LCROSS Overview talk to the NASA Robotics Academy at NASA Ames.

May 30, 2007
LCROSS Observation Campaign presented at the American Astronomical Society Conference in Honolulu, HI by Jennifer Heldmann. Download the presentation slides.

February 5, 2007
LCROSS featured in premier of new PBS series.
KQED's QUEST is a new multimedia series about the people behind San Francisco Bay Area science and environmental issues and how their work is changing the way we live. The story of the LCROSS mission was chosen to kick off the new series.

February 2, 2007
LCROSS passes confirmation review.

October 16-17, 2006
Site Selection Workshop
The Workshop on Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Site Selection will be held at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, October 16–17, 2006. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lcross2006/lcross2006.1st.shtml
Note: Selected presentations from the Site Selection Workshop are now available online.

Oct 8-13, 2006
LCROSS presentations at the 2006 Division of Planetary Sciences (American Astronomical Society) meeting
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mission: Opportunities for Observations of the Impact Plumes from Ground-based and Space-based Telescopes; Heldmann, Jennifer; Colaprete, T.; Wooden, D.; Asphaug, E.; Schultz, P.; Plesko, C. S.; Korycansky, D.; Galal, K.; Briggs, G.; American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #57.15
link to abstract: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006DPS....38.5715H

An Overview of The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mission - An ESMD Mission to Investigate Lunar Polar Hydrogen; Colaprete, Anthony; Heldmann, J.; Wooden, D.; Asphaug, E.; Schultz, P.; Plesko, C.; Korycansky, D.; Briggs, G.; Ennico, K.; LCROSS Project, the American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #57.16
link to abstract: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006DPS....38.5716C

September 19-21, 2006
LCROSS Presentation at the AIAA Space 2006 Conference
LCROSS paper presented by lead author Andy Christensen and several additional members of the LCROSS team.

September 9, 2006
LCROSS Presentation at the Eastbay Astronomical Society
Jennifer Heldmann will give a presentation on the LCROSS Mission at the September meeting of the Eastbay Astronomical Society. Saturday, Sept 9, 2006, 7:30 pm. Chabot Space & Science Center Physics Lab, 2nd floor of the Spees Bldg.

July 28, 2006
Crash Landing On The Moon
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28jul_crashlanding.htm?list184452

July 28, 2006
NASA Awards Launch Services For Lunar Mission

May 16, 2006
New NASA Ames Spacecraft to Look for Valuable Ice at the Moon's South Pole
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/exploringtheuniverse/lcross.html

April 11, 2006
New NASA Ames Spacecraft to Look for Ice at Lunar South Pole - Featured Images
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2006/lunarorbiter.html

April 10, 2006
New NASA Ames Spacecraft to Look for Ice at Lunar South Pole
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2006/06_21AR.html

April 14, 2005
Moon Water
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/14apr_moonwater.htm