LPL Spotlight Stories

Malhotra Named Regents' Professor
April 12, 2016 LPL Professor Renu Malhotra is one of three University of Arizona faculty members named as Regents' Professors...

The Book on the Birthplace of Planetary Science
By Daniel Stolte, University Relations - Communications, May 18, 2016 With the countdown underway to September's launch of the OSIRIS-REx...

UA Planetary Science Gets Stamps of Approval
By Daniel Stolte, University Relations - Communications, May 25, 2016 When a University of Arizona planetary scientist persuaded NASA to...

Skimming the Clouds of Jupiter
Daniel Stolte, University Relations - Communications, July 5, 2016 (An earlier version of this story was published on June 20,...

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...