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More Than 500 High School & University Students From 20 US States & 6 Countries Will Participate In The 19th Annual NASA Great Moonbuggy Race, April 13-14, In Huntsville AL; Teams Of 6 Students Will Assemble / Race Human-Powered, Collapsible “Proof-Of-Concept” Rovers They Designed, Over 0.8km Lunar-Simulated Course; 3 Teams In Each Division With Fastest Times Win Prizes
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LRO Reaches 1000 Days In Orbit & NASA Releases 2 New LRO Videos Providing Tour Of Interesting Locations On Moon, Evolutionary History; Lead Scientist Harlan Spence (L), UNH Researchers Use LRO CRaTER Instrument To Quantify Levels Of Radiation On Lunar Surface From GCR Bombardment That Can Create Complex Carbon Chains From Water Ice, Process Also Causes Regolith To Darken Over Time
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Maria Zuber Tells 250 Female Students To “Shoot For The Moon” During International Women’s Day Event At NASA Jet Propulsion Lab; Zuber Is Chair Of Planetary & Atmospheric Studies At MIT, Principal Investigator Of GRAIL Mission Currently Studying The Gravity Field Of The Moon; To Date 55 Women Have Traveled To Space & 0 Have Traveled To The Moon
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Hawaii Initiative: International Lunar Research Park / PISCES Seeking Public / Professional Support As State Legislature Reviews Several Bills That Could Advance Innovative Project; Advantages: Economic Development, High-Paying Jobs, Enhance STEM / Higher Education, Provide Nucleus For Hawaii-Based 21st Century Research Park To Advance Lunar / Solar System Exploration
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Middle School Teachers Can Still Register For MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired By Middle School Students) Program; Cameras On Twin GRAIL Spacecraft ‘Ebb & Flow’ Will Image Lunar Surface Sites Selected By Classrooms; Students Can Study Topography & Future Landing Sites; About 1,000 Classrooms Around USA Have Signed Up For Free Program Led By Sally Ride; GRAIL Science Mission Is Mar-May