LCROSS science briefing Friday

Cabeus (84.9°S, 324.5E) and it's permanent-endarkened interior, whose mysteries were plumbed by LCROSS, Oct. 9. Despite shallow reporting (long since moved on) of a "dud" after an attempt by NASA to "bomb" the Moon, rumors abound of a strange brew whiffed in the resulting plume, including a hint of Mercury. [JAXA/SELENE Terrain Camera].

NASA will hold a news conference Friday to talk about early science results from its successful moon impacting mission, the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). The satellite gained worldwide attention when it plunged into a crater near the moon's south pole on Oct. 9.

The briefing from NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., will begin at 1700 UT, Friday, November 13, broadcast live on NASA TV and the agency's Web site.

For NASA-TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit HERE.

Panelists include Doug Cooke, associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist for Exploration Systems at NASA Headquarters, Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS project scientist and principal investigator from NASA-Ames Research Center, and Greg Delory, senior fellow, Space Sciences Laboratory and Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley

For information about the LCROSS mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/lcross

LRO First Light Showcase, Thursday, Sept. 17

NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt -- NASA will showcase data from the seven experiments on-board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and provide updates about the topography of the moon's south pole at a news conference, 1 p.m. edt (1700 ut), Thursday, Sept. 17. The agency also will provide an update about the spacecraft's status and mission plans.

The briefing will take place at Goddard in Greenbelt, MD and be broadcast live on NASA Television and from the agency's Web site. Panelists include: Craig Tooley, LRO project manager, Goddard Space Flight Center; Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA HQ, Washington; Richard Vondrak, LRO project scientist, Goddard; David Smith, LRO Laser Altimeter principal investigator, Goddard.