"The video presents the mission overview, the science of the mission and how the public can help the LADEE team with its collection of data as LADEE orbits the Moon. Credit: NASA ARC" NASA'S LUNAR ATMOSPHERE AND DUST ENVIRONMENT EXPLORER (LADEE) SPACECRAFT IS NOW IN THE NOSE-CONE AT THE TOP OF THE FULL MINOTAUR V LAUNCH VEHICLE STACK AT THE WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY IN VIRGINIA, AWAITING A LAUNCH AT 11:27 P.M. EDT ON SEPT. 6, 2013. LADEE is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. A thorough understanding of these characteristics will address long-standing unknowns, and help scientists understand other planetary bodies as well. During the LADEE Mission, NASA would like to have as many people as possible submitting meteor counts so scientists can compare that data to what LADEE's instruments record. And there's an app developed by NASA. It allows observers to use their iPhones and Android phones to easily record meteor count observations and send their data directly to NASA: DOWNLOAD THE APP TODAY AT METEORCOUNTER.COM When you go out to watch a meteor shower, bring your smart phone with you. With Meteor counter, you can easily capture meteor observations with an innovative "piano key" interface. As you tap the keys, Meteor Counter records critical data fro each meteor: time, magnitude, latitude, and longitude, along with optional verbal annotations. Afterward, these data are automatically uploaded to NASA researchers for analysis. LADEE is the first spacecraft designed, developed, built, integrated and tested at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The probe will launch on a U.S. Air Force Minotaur V rocket, an excess ballistic missile converted into a space launch vehicle and operated by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. For more information about the LADEE mission, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/LADEE For more information about NASA Ames, please visit http://www.nasa.gov/ames Posted by: Soderman/SSERVI StaffSource: NASA
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