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The NASA Lunar Science Institute Gets a New Name and Expanded Focus
Members and student involved with the former NASA Lunar Science Institute pose with a sign designating the Institute’s new name, the Solar System Exploration and Research Virtual Institute. Credit: SSERVI.
Back in 2008 when NASA was looking to return to the Moon with the Constellation Program, the NASA Lunar Science Institute was established to bridge the science and exploration communities and promote lunar research. Now that NASA is looking at destinations such as asteroids and Mars, as well as the Moon, NLSI will be expanding its reach as well.
It starts with a new name that reflects a broader area of research.
“Our new name is a long one, it’s called the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, or SSERVI,” said Yvonne Pendleton, the director of NLSI/SSERVI, in a podcast interview with me for the Institute. “It is going to expand beyond our interest of the Moon to include not only the Moon but also near Earth asteroids and the moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos.”
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