LPL was featured in the Tucson Weekly cover story (To The Moon, July 21, 2014) commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ranger 7 (July 31, 1964), the first U.S. spacecraft to take close-up images of the Moon. The article centers on Gerard P. Kuiper and his role in the mission as Principal Investigator, the space race, and the establishment of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Much of the story is told through personal recollections of Ewen Whitaker (part of Kuiper's team of experimenters for the mission), who provides insider details about the politics and personalities of the time. The article also reminds readers of the world's reaction to the mission and the implications of the science. The article served as an apt complement to this summer's Everything Lunar event and to the première of Desert Moon.