{"id":51581,"date":"2020-02-20T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-458326"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:30:50","slug":"media-invited-to-national-kickoff-of-nasas-lunar-surface-innovation-consortium","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/media-invited-to-national-kickoff-of-nasas-lunar-surface-innovation-consortium\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Invited to National Kickoff of NASA’s Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NASA will kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium \u2013 an element of the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/Lunar_Surface_Innovation_Initiative\">Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative<\/a> \u2013 at a workshop hosted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, on Friday, Feb. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The consortium will team experts from academia, industry and government to shape the technologies and systems needed to explore the surface of the Moon in new ways. Universities and businesses will contribute to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/artemis\/\">Artemis<\/a> program via the consortium and collaborate with NASA to make recommendations for a cohesive, executable strategy for developing and deploying technol\u00adogies required for successful lunar surface exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media representatives interested in attending the event should contact Michael Buckley of APL Public Affairs at 240-228-7536 or <a href=\"mailto:michael.buckley@jhuapl.edu\">michael.buckley@jhuapl.edu<\/a> by 5 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 27. NASA and APL experts will be made available for interview opportunities upon request. The event will also be livestreamed on APL\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jhuapl\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JHUAPL\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop opens with an address by NASA Associate Administrator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/about_us\/bios\/jurczyk_bio.html\">Steve Jurczyk<\/a> at 9:15 a.m. The day continues with discussions among NASA leaders and the university, laboratory and commercial space communities on the path ahead for technologies for long-term exploration of the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>APL operates the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium in collaboration with NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/home\/index.html\">Space Technology Mission Directorate<\/a> under the Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative. The initiative complements NASA science and technology payloads being developed to fly aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/commercial-lunar-payload-services\">commercial lunar landers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, continues to advance the agency\u2019s lunar exploration efforts. Goddard manages the longest running lunar mission \u2013 the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Working with American companies, Goddard is developing payloads and instruments for the lunar surface. Goddard\u2019s Chief Technologist plans to attend the kickoff consortium meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Artemis program is the next step in human exploration. It is a part of NASA\u2019s broader Moon to Mars exploration approach, in which we will quickly and sustainable explore the Moon and use what we learn there to enable humanity\u2019s next giant leap, sending astronauts to Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information on the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium and kickoff meeting, visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lsic.jhuapl.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/lsic.jhuapl.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Banner image: Waning gibbous Moon. Rises after sunset, high in the sky after midnight, visible to the southwest after sunrise. Credit: LRO\/NASA\u2019s Scientific Visualization Studio<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Clare Skelly<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-4273<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:clare.a.skelly@nasa.gov\">clare.a.skelly@nasa.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Michael Buckley<br \/>\nJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.<br \/>\n240-228-7536<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:michael.buckley@jhuapl.edu\">michael.buckley@jhuapl.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA will kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium \u2013 an element of the agency\u2019s Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative \u2013 at a workshop hosted by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, on Friday, Feb. 28. 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