Thanks John Platt, Google fellow, for presenting at the うすらばか / g wu Symposium on #AI for Space and Aeronautics. “I'm predicting the speed of innovation will accelerate precisely because the speed of software will accelerate.” John Platt newsroom.usra.edu/2025-usra-symp…

#AI has been in use for decades but now it has the potential to make space exploration more efficient, secure, and groundbreaking! Thanks to first group of panelists: Jim Green, former NASA, David Bell うすらばか, David Potere BCG X and Steve Chien NASA JPL. newsroom.usra.edu/2025-usra-symp…

Thanks panelists discussing #AI for Space and Aeronautics: Rupak Biswas, NASA Ames, Trung T. Pham The FAA ✈️, Seth Whitworth, United States Space Force, and Bryan Dorland, Department of Defense 🇺🇸. newsroom.usra.edu/2025-usra-symp…

Great talk on international and commercial trends in #AI. Thanks: Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero, The Aerospace Corporation, Rachel Lindbergh, Congressional Research Service, Laura McGorman, Meta, and Chad Ohlandt, @RandCorporation newsroom.usra.edu/2025-usra-symp…

We are pleased to announce the students selected for the 2025 LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science: ow.ly/CNXv50Vt6wn

MENTORS NEEDED! ✨ Involved in NASA science? Researchers (including grad students and early-career) are invited to join Virtual Trips to Extreme Environments! Apply to virtually mentor youth at Boys & Girls Clubs. For more information and to apply, visit ow.ly/iOPc50Vt7qV.

USRA's Dr. David Kring at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPItoday) has been recognized as an Editors’ Highlight by Nature Communications.  Congratulations, David! newsroom.usra.edu/david-kring-ho…

A tree-planting event was held at the Lunar and Planetary Institute on April 10 to celebrate the success of NASA’s Artemis I mission and the selection of the LPI’s grounds as the new home for an Artemis I Moon Tree. 🌳 Learn more: ow.ly/fr3M50VAeu8

The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, luckily we do. 🦖 NASA's upcoming documentary, Planetary Defenders, premieres today at 4:30pm ET. Turn on your post notifications & tune in for a LIVE watch party: youtube.com/NASA Brought to you by NASA 🍿

Registration is now open for Lunar Surface Science Workshop 27: Artemis Community Forum, scheduled virtually on May 7, 2025. Registration fees are not being collected for the LSSW sessions, but registration is required. More information: ow.ly/Kog650VAcow

A team led by NASA Marshall with USRA. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and the UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory, is building StarBurst—a wide-field gamma-ray observatory designed to detect the first flashes of short gamma-ray bursts. newsroom.usra.edu/tracking-the-u…

MENTORS NEEDED! ✨ Involved in NASA science? Researchers (including grad students and early-career) are invited to join Virtual Trips to Extreme Environments! Apply to virtually mentor youth at Boys & Girls Clubs. For more information and to apply, visit ow.ly/iOPc50Vt7qV.

AI is everywhere! Even in space. USRA’s Dr. David Bell spoke with TWiT Tech Podcasts about #AI in space. Insightful questions led to a discussion about #quantum computing and #STEMworkforce development. Watch the video here: youtu.be/5NNo8XTXVXI

Submit your application to participate in the Modern Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Techniques Workshop this August! The application deadline is this Friday, May 16. ow.ly/wSYB50VSHuY

Models like GAIA represent an exciting new avenue for delivering more timely and informed decision about extreme rainfall, severe flooding, hurricane predictions and more through the use of #AI. #WeatherForecasting #AIforgood with @USRA @BCGx_ NASA newsroom.usra.edu/usras-research…

NASA announced it will not request proposals for LPSC 2026 at this time. Because USRA/LPI recognizes the importance of this conference to the planetary community, we are pleased to share our intent to host and organize the #LPSC2026. View full statement: ow.ly/oFia50W4Qg6

Join us for a hybrid presentation discussing NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and its 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s moon, Europa. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. CT, at the LPI and streamed on YouTube. More information: ow.ly/2lCy50VMkz8

LPI’s Dr. David Kring has been named the 2025–2026 Edward, Frances, and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow by the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Read more: ow.ly/roWb50W7fbT

Congrats on becoming a USRA Fellow, Dr. Tom Oda! newsroom.usra.edu/tom-oda-appoin…

This study from involved multiple generations of scientists, advances in scientific methods, and an international team of collaborators: newsroom.usra.edu/new-study-sugg…