LPL Spotlight Stories

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-...

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...

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...

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...

Michael Drake's Dream Takes Off
By Doug Carroll, University Relations - Communications, September 7, 2016 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The embodiment of the late Michael...

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...

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...

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...