LPL Newsletter

July 1, 2026

NASA Lunar Radar Instrument is First Test Subject in U of A's Giant Thermal
Vacuum Chamber
LPL's Professor Lynn Carter and team developed SESAR-LITE, a radar instrument designed to search for water ice and map lunar subsurface terrain, which has completed critical thermal vacuum and preliminary antenna testing.

U of A Space Science Ranks No. 1 Among Public Universities in Latest US News Global Ranking
The latest U.S. News & World Report list of best global universities for space science ranks the University of Arizona, led by research and publications from LPL and Steward Observatory, as No. 3 overall (No. 3 in the U.S and No. 1 among public universities) in space science research..
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