LPL Spotlight Stories

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-...

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...

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...

It wasn't until she took a community college course that UA alumna Daniella DellaGiustina became fascinated by space science. (Photo: Bob Demers/UANews)

Career Map Surprised OSIRIS-REx Scientist

By Doug Carroll, University Relations - Communications, September 6, 2016 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It's a long, long, l-o-n-g way...

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...

Systems engineer Bradley Williams with the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in the Lockheed Martin cleanroom.

UA Engineering Students, Alumni Critical to OSIRIS-REx Mission

By Jill Goetz, UA College of Engineering, September 6, 2016 When NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft lifts off aboard an Atlas V...

The UA's Ed Beshore says the OSIRIS-REx mission "represents a turning of the corner for planetary exploration by the United States." (Photo: Bob Demers/UANews)

Ed Beshore's Rocket Ride Into the Sunset

By Doug Carroll, University Relations - Communications, September 12, 2016 Unlike the space mission to which he has given the...

This image of the spacecraft was captured by StowCam when OSIRIS-REx was 3.9 million miles away from Earth. Featured prominently in the image is the Sample Return Capsule, which will provide the asteroid sample’s ride back to Earth in 2023. No stars are visible because of the bright illumination provided by the sun. (Image: NASA)

OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Takes a Selfie in Space

Daniel Stolte - University Communications, Sept. 28, 2016 Two weeks after launch, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft found itself 3.9 million miles...

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