http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf This newsletter explores issues related to planetary science and exploration. 2011 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 Super Simple RSS webmaster@lpi.usra.edu (LPI Webmaster) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/images/lpi_logo_sm.gif http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf 3553 1440 01234561920212223 SaturdaySunday http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=2 -- The MESSENGER mission is transforming our understanding of the innermost planet in our solar system Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=2 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=6 -- NASA Launches Mission to Study Moon from Crust to Core -- NASA Spacecraft Images Offer Sharper Views of Apollo Landing Sites -- NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Mars -- Phobos-Grunt Mars Probe Loses Its Way -- NASA Partners Uncover New Hypothesis on Crater Debris -- Scientists Find Evidence for Subsurface "Great Lake" on Europa -- Enceladus Weather: Snow Flurries and Perfect Powder for Skiing -- Saturn's Moon Enceladus Spreads Its Influence -- Dawn Science Team Presents Early Science Results -- Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Remains a Mystery -- NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth -- Comet Elenin Gone and Should Be Forgotten -- Caltech-Led Team of Astronomers Finds 18 New Planets -- NASA Gives Public New Internet Tool to Explore the Solar System Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=6 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=20 -- LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science -- Lunar Exploration Summer Intern Program -- Graduate Students Eligible for the LPI Career Development Award -- NASA's Planetary Science Summer School -- Texas Community College Aerospace Scholars -- NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program (PGGURP) -- California Institute of Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) -- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, American Museum of Natural History -- SAO Summer Intern Program -- NASA Minority Innovation Challenges Institute -- NASA Wants Student Innovators for 2011 Great Moonbuggy Race -- NASA Academies for College Students -- NASA's DEVELOP Program -- Are You the Next Carl Sagan? Come Find Out at FameLab Astrobiology! -- 2012 NASA Student Airborne Research Program Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=20 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=28 -- Continuing the Year of the Solar System (YSS) -- LPSC Education and Public Outreach Events -- "Descubrimientos En Ciencias Planetarias": Classroom Powerpoints Available In Spanish -- Awards For Excellence in Astronomy Education -- 365 Days of Astronomy Needs You! -- Young Naturalist Awards -- Sun-Earth Day Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=28 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=32 -- Ronald Greeley -- Michael J. Drake -- Charles P. "Chuck" Sonnett -- Paul Lowman -- William R. Muehlberger -- Angioletta Coradini -- Ronald N. Hartman -- Andrew A. Dantzler -- William H. Smyth -- Lynn Margulis -- Charles T. Kowall Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=32 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=39 -- Eugene M. Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award -- Meteoritical Society Awards (2011 Gordon A. McKay Award, 2012 Service Award, 2012 Leonard Medal, 2012 Barringer Award, 2012 Nier Prize) -- Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America (2011 G. K. Gilbert Award, 2011 Stephen E. Dwornik Awards, 2011 Pellas-Ryder Award) -- 2010 Nininger Meteorite Award Recipients -- Tributes to Terrorism Victims are on Mars -- NASA Posts Global Exploration Roadmap Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=39 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=44 New products of interest to the community Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=44 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=48 Upcoming scientific conferences and workshops Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00:00-0500 http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/current.pdf#Page=48