NASA will organize a media teleconference at 1 p.m. on Friday, February 7, to discuss the sciences and technology of the flying agency aboard the second flight of intuitive machines to the Moon. The mission is one of the NASA CLPs (Lunar payload commercial services) Initiative and Campaign Artemis to establish a long -term lunar presence.
The Audio of the Call will broadcast on the agency’s website to:
Information participants include:
- Nicky Fox, Associate Administrator, Directorate of the Scientific Mission, Headquarters of NASA
- Niki Werkheiser, Director, Technological Maturation, Direction of the Spatial Technological Mission, Headquarters of NASA
- Trent Martin, main vice-president, space systems, intuitive machines
To participate by phone, the media must RSVP no later than two hours before the briefing at: ks-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov. NASA media accreditation policy is available online.
Lanar Lander of intuitive machines, Athena, Will launch On a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket of the Launch Complex 39a at Kennedy Space Center in NASA in Florida. The four -day launch window does not open on Wednesday 26 February.
Among the articles on the landing of intuitive machines, the IM-2 mission will be one of the first demonstrations on the site, or in situ, the use of resources on the moon. A drilling and mass spectrometer Will measure the potential presence of volatiles or gas from the lunar floor in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the southern pole of the Moon. In addition, a network of passive laser retroreflector on the upper deck of the landing will bounce the laser light with any spacecraft in orbit or entering to give future spacecraft a permanent reference point on the lunar surface. Other technological instruments on this delivery will demonstrate a robust surface communication system and deploy a propulsive drone that can jump on the lunar surface.
Launch as a carpooling with delivery IM-2, NASA Lunar Trailblazer The spacecraft will also start her journey to the lunar orbit, where she will map the distribution of different forms of water on the moon.
As part of the CLPS model, NASA invests in commercial delivery services to the moon to allow industry growth and support long -term lunar exploration. As a main customer for CLPS deliveries, NASA is one of the many customers of these flights.
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https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis
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