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7 May 2008 at 10:18am MESSENGER has renewed interest in Mercury. The LPI Library has resources from the Mariner 10 era to compliment the new data. The LPI Mercury Map Catalog has a complete set of the USGS I-maps of Mercury. Searching our catalog retrieves online resources such as:Atlas of MercuryThe voyage of Mariner 10 : mission to Venus and Mercury / by James A. Dunne and Eric BurgessWorkshop on Mercury, space environment, surface, and interiorPapers presented to the Conference on Comparisons of Mercury and the MoonMariner Venus/Mercury 1973The LPI Library has copies of the imagery returned from Mariner 10.IPL Mercury stereo pairs orthographically rectified and contrast-enhanced on 70-mmMercury polar stereographicIPL/RDR photography of all Mercury encounters from Mariner 10Photography of all Mercury encounters from Mariner 10 on 70mm filmIPL/RDR photography of all Mercury encounters from Mariner 10 on 70mm film Read more...
7 May 2008 at 10:17am The LPI Earth and Space Science Newsletter for May 2008 is now available. This newsletter highlights Earth and space science education opportunities and news. Included in this issue:A mission to observe Earth launches, and more in CalendarLearn about a variety of astronomy, geoscience, and lunar summer workshops and institutes in Workshops and CoursesFind out about teaching awards and grants, student contests, and an opportunity to watch a mission launch in Events/OpportunitiesConnect to new podcasts, videos, and activities, including a modern folktale on auroras, in ResourcesRead about the disintegrating ice shelf in Antarctica, evidence of past ice ages on Mars, and the discovery of a new type of galaxy in Mission News and Science Read more...
7 May 2008 at 10:17am HELLO... Is Anybody Out There?!? The Search Continues with the Mars Phoenix Lander! Find out what life needs at Family Space Day at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Children between 5-8 years and their families are invited to explore space science together. May 17, 10 am - 1 pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Read more...
30 Apr 2008 at 10:00am The LPI library adds subject headings to the database maintained by the Library of Congress. This resource is used by most of the English-speaking world. Some recent additions include:Candor Chasma (Mars)Deimos (Satellite)Ganges Chasma (Mars)Hyakutake cometMartian meteoritesRies Crater (Germany)Sudbury Structure (Ont.)If you have a subject heading important in your work, let us know, and we will submit it. Read more...
30 Apr 2008 at 9:59am Science Commons and SPARC have released a guide for creating open access policies at institutions, Open Doors and Open Minds. The how-to guide, Open Doors and Open Minds, is aimed at helping institutions adopt policies to increase the practical exposure to the scholarly works being produced, such as that adopted by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in February. It provides information on copyright law, offers specific suggestions for licensing options and provides a ten-point list of actions people can take to craft and implement a policy that maximizes the impact of research. Read more...
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The Lunar and Planetary Institute is a focus for academic participation in studies of the current state, evolution, and formation of the solar system. The Institute is housed in the USRA Center for Advanced Space Studies (CASS), located at 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas, 77058, and includes a computing center, extensive collections of lunar and planetary data, an image-processing facility, an extensive library, education and public outreach programs, resources, and products. The LPI also offers publishing services and facilities for workshops and conferences.
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Orchestrate is a Windows application that works in conjunction with TheSky Astronomy Software and CCDSoft CCD Astronomy Software to allow unattended, scripted operation of robotic telescopes and CCD cameras. It leverages the capabilities of TheSky 6, CCDSoft, TPoint, and AutomaDome to tightly integrate precise control of your telescope system, CCD camera and color filter wheel, dome and other astronomical devices.
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Starry Night Pro Plus Version 6 CD-ROM. Zoom in on the AllSky CCD image mosaic with this spectacular software for the advanced amateur astronomer.
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The Sky 6 - Professional Edition (from Software Bisque). TheSky Professional Edition is designed for the advanced or professional astronomer. The Professional Edition contains the greatest number of features, largest databases and most pictures.
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Lunar And Planetary Institute News News
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10 May 2008 at 4:17pm Astronomers at The Johns Hopkins University, the Observatoire de Paris, and other institutions have solved a nearly 30-year-old mystery surrounding Jupiter's moon Io, showing that ... Read more...
8 May 2008 at 3:22pm MOSCOW, May 6 (UPI) -- On April 29 representatives of the Kazan Aircraft Production Association presented the 121st Heavy Bomber Regiment of the Russian Air Force's 37th Army with ... Read more...
7 May 2008 at 7:02pm 
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Space Ref (press release) - May 7, 2008
As an example of this approach, there was an excellent study undertaken by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the 2003-2004 timeframe about a European lunar ... |
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5 May 2008 at 8:30am If you could wish upon the Moon, and send your message there on a spacecraft, what would you say? The Planetary Society, in conjunction with The Planetary Society of Japan and the ... Read more...
29 Apr 2008 at 5:56pm WASHINGTON, April 28 (UPI) -- Anyone who has watched any World War II movies or History Channel documentaries knows what a wolf pack was: It was the massed attack carried out by ... Read more...
21 Apr 2008 at 11:59am
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Space Fellowship, UK - Apr 21, 2008
In the mid-1980?s, in a climate of despair that NASA had lost all interest in the Moon, there was much discussion of the idea of a privately funded Lunar ... |
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18 Apr 2008 at 2:21pm 
UNM Today |
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UNM Today, NM - Apr 18, 2008
The Lunar and Planetary Institute, NASA Planetary Science Division, NASA Mars Exploration Program and the UNM Institute of Meteoritics are sponsoring the ... |
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