Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
The Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) was established in 2004 to support NASA in providing analysis of scientific, technical, commercial, and operational issues in support of lunar exploration objectives and of their implications for lunar architecture planning and activity prioritization. The LEAG is a community-based, interdisciplinary forum. Membership and participation in the LEAG consists of lunar and planetary scientists, life scientists, engineers, technologists, human systems specialists, mission designers, managers, and other professionals drawn from the broad community of academia, industry, government, and the commercial sector. Details of the purpose of LEAG and its constitution and activities can be found under LEAG Terms of Reference.
News
February 2023
Continuous Lunar Orbital Capabilities Specific Action Team Update
December 2022
2022 LEAG Meeting Findings
August 2022
Continuous Lunar Orbital Capabilities Specific Action Team (CLOC-SAT) Community Update
February 2022
Final Report of the Analog Objectives for Artemis (AOA) Specific Action Team (SAT)
September 21, 2021
Final Report of the Lunar Critical Data Products Specific Action Team (LCD-SAT)
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Planetary Science Division recently requested that the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) form a Specific Action Team regarding Analog Objectives for Artemis (AOA-SAT). The draft report was completed on January 15 and is now available at the links below. This report is open for community comment for one week, and the final report is due on Tuesday, February 1. Please take some time to review this draft report and its Terms of Reference and submit comments no later than Tuesday, January 25, 11:59 pm PST.
To submit comments to the questions below, use this Google Form.
- Are there any gaps in this document that prevent you from understanding its driving objectives and set-up?
- Please provide any comments or questions on the objectives as defined in this document.
Analog Objectives for Artemis (AOA) Specific Action Team (SAT)
Terms of Reference for the Analog Objectives for Artemis Specific Action Team
Community Datasets
NASA's Planetary Science Division is interested in community-identified data sets that would be of priority for data restoration or preservation. They have requested that each AG reach out to its community to identify such datasets, which will be posted on science.nasa.gov and will be referenced in relevant solicitations. If you know of a data set that would benefit from this, please email Amy Fagan ([email protected]) by close of business on Monday, November 15 to get it on that list.
Lunar Missions for the Decade 2023–2033
May 2021
The Importance of Human Exploration in Accomplishing High-Priority Lunar Science Objectives
May 2021
2020 LEAG Meeting Findings
December 1, 2020
Volatile Viability Measurement Special Action Team [VVM-SAT]
LEAG_VVM-SAT_Report.pdf
VVM-SAT.xlsx
September 11, 2020
LEAG/SSERVI Decadal Talks Now Available
June 15, 2020
2019 LEAG Meeting Findings
December 19, 2019
LEAG 2018 Annual Meeting Findings
October 1, 2019
LEAG Input to the Decadal Process
September 10, 2019
Report of the LEAG/SSERVI Survive and Operate Through the Lunar Night Workshop
July 16, 2019
LEAG Open Letter
June 12, 2019
Report of the LEAG/Space Resources Roundtable Lunar Polar Prospecting Workshop
August 2018
LEAG Content Summary: Public-Private Partnerships and Lunar Exploration
April 13, 2018
Final Report of the Advancing Science of the Moon Specific Action Team
February 20, 2018
SSERVI-LEAG Workshop Report “Lunar Science for Landed Missions” released.
March 15, 2018
LEAG presentation to the Planetary Science Advisory Committee
February 23, 2018
LEAG Response to lack of RPS units in the next Discovery call
February 8, 2018
LEAG summary of the Moon at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop released!
February 2017
Back to the Moon: Report of the 2017 Workshop
December 17, 2017
Simulant Development and Use
NASA is acting on the need for simulant oversight.
Report of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group/International Space Exploration Coordination Group Volatiles Special Action Team 2
August 14–16, 2017
LEAG Presentation to the NAS Decadal Mid-Term Review
July 12, 2017
Recent Meetings
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
Virtual Meeting
September 14–16, 2020
Program with Recordings
Past Meetings
2019 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
October 28–30, 2019
Washington D.C. Area
2018 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group: Progress and Preparation Toward Exploring the Surface of the Moon
November 14–15, 2018
Columbia, MD
Survive and Operate through the Lunar Night Workshop at the 2018 LEAG Annual Meeting
November 13, 2018
Columbia, MD
Back to the Moon Workshop
October 12–13, 2017
Columbia, Maryland
2017 Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG)
October 10–12, 2017
Columbia, Maryland
LEAG Update at the Exploration Science Forum
July 19, 2017
CAB – Back to the Moon Workshop
June 21–22, 2017, Lunar and Planetary Institute
LEAG Town Hall Meeting
48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
March 21, 2017
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG)
November 1–3, 2016
Columbia, Maryland
Congressman Jim Bridenstine's speech to LEAG November 2, 2016: "This is our Sputnik moment"
Special LEAG Finding on the Proposed New Frontiers 4 Call
Presentation at the LEAG Town Hall
47th
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
March 23, 2016
Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG)
October 20–22, 2015
Columbia, Maryland
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