LPL Spotlight Stories

Charles Conrad examines Surveyor's TV camera prior to detaching it on Nov. 20, 1969. The Apollo 12 lunar module is in the background. (Image: NASA)

NASA's Surveyor Lander Brought the Moon to the World

By Robin Tricoles, University Relations - Communications, August 17, 2016 While their colleague Richard F. Gordon was busy orbiting the

The Kepler spacecraft (Image: NASA)

UA-Led Team Confirms 100+ Exoplanets Via Kepler

By Daniel Stolte, University Relations - Communications. July 18, 2016 An international team of astronomers led by the University of

Bennu is among millions of primitive asteroids composed of molecules that may have been the precursors to life on Earth. (Image: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab)

Bennu: How a Little Asteroid Became a Rock Star

By Robin Tricoles, University Relations - Communications, June 29, 2016 Carl Hergenrother fingers a stack of white, 8 1/2- by

The Atlas V rocket carrying the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft was rolled out Wednesday morning from the Vertical Integration Facility (left) to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo: Bob Demers/UANews)

Michael Drake's Dream Takes Off

By Doug Carroll, University Relations - Communications, September 7, 2016 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The embodiment of the late Michael