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The article reports on the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environmental Explorer that will be put into a low orbit of the Moon to sample its atmosphere and dust. The mission is also aimed at creating a profile that will be useful for studies throughout the solar system. The mission is scheduled to be launched on October 28, 2012.

The article discusses the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD), a demonstration of a higher-bandwidth technology for communicating with spaceborne sensors using light as of November 4, 2013. Its use of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer currently orbiting the Moon is mentioned. LLCD transmits data to a ground-station telescope in New Mexico using laser light, the author says.

The article reports on the 2013 launch of the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (Ladee) from Wallops Island, Virginia which would allow scientists to study the Moon's atmosphere.

The article highlights Lunar Atmosphere Dust and Environment Explorer (LADEE) craft's 28-day mission extension to gather more information about the moon's atmosphere. Topics discussed include LADEE's life-extending components including an avionics controller, the design of LADEE's four bipropellant 5-lbf thrusters by Moog engineers and LADEE's orbiting of the moon since October 2013.

The article informs that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft in 2013. It states that NASA is launching the spacecraft in order to determine whether the Moon could serve as an outpost for human space missions. It further states that the LADEE mission cost nearly 100 million U.S. dollars to NASA.