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…

Interested Boys & Girls Clubs of America are invited to apply to Virtual Trips to Extreme Environments (VIRTEX), a NASA-funded project! Groups of kids virtually meet with scientist role models and explore activities that connect to STEM careers and NASA research. ow.ly/5rXx50Vt8et

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

You are invited to attend the 87th annual meeting of The Meteoritical Society, which will take place on July 14–18, 2025, in Perth, Western Australia. The abstract submission deadline is April 22. More information: metsoc2025.au

The Progress in Understanding the Pluto System: 10 Years After Flyby meeting is scheduled for July 14–18, 2025, in Laurel, Maryland, with virtual participation available. Abstracts are due April 25. More information: ow.ly/sbkg50VAceP

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

The abstract submission deadline has been extended for the 87th annual meeting of The Meteoritical Society, scheduled for July 14–18 in Perth, Western Australia. Submit your abstract by this Wednesday, April 30, at 5:00 p.m. U.S. CDT. More information: metsoc2025.au/abstract-submi…

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 Thursday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. CT, at the LPI and streamed on YouTube. More information: ow.ly/2lCy50VMkz8

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.

We are now accepting applications for the Workshop on Tomography of Planetary Materials! Applications are due May 23, 2025. For more information and to apply, visit ow.ly/KETo50VO9AF.

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

Applications for the Workshop on Tomography of Planetary Materials are due this Friday, May 23, 2025. For more information and to apply, visit ow.ly/KETo50VO9AF.

NEW DATE: 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. ow.ly/2lCy50VMkz8

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

TONIGHT: Join us in-person or virtually for a presentation by Dr. Walter Kiefer about NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and its 1.8-billion-mile journey to Jupiter’s moon, Europa. ow.ly/rwiF50VMVNf

LPI scientists are convening special sessions at GSA Connects 2025 in San Antonio this October. Learn more and submit an abstract at ow.ly/Svoo50W7enl.

Abstract Deadline Reminder! hou.usra.edu/meetings/bennu… Submit your abstract for the Workshop on Bennu and Ryugu: Samples from the Early Solar System by July 24, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. CDT! #Bennu #Ryugu #SampleScience #SampleReturn