NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a televised information convention at 5 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 23, to element the Odysseus lander’s historic gentle Moon touchdown.
With the last-minute help of a NASA precision touchdown expertise, the primary CLPS, or Commercial Lunar Payload Services, mission carrying the company’s science and expertise demonstrations efficiently landed on the Moon at 6:23 p.m. on Feb. 22.
This mission is the primary U.S. gentle touchdown on the Moon in additional than 50 years. Flight controllers are speaking and commanding the lander, which is photo voltaic charging and has good telemetry.
The information convention will air on NASA+, NASA Television, and the company’s web site. Learn learn how to stream NASA TV on a wide range of platforms together with social media.
Participants within the information convention embody:
- Joel Kearns, deputy affiliate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Prasun Desai, deputy affiliate administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
- Steve Altemus, chief govt officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines
- Tim Crain, chief expertise officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines
This occasion is digital solely. To ask questions through the information convention, media should RSVP to the NASA newsroom no later than two hours earlier than the beginning of the decision to: [email protected].
For extra details about the company’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, go to:
https://www.nasa.gov/clps
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Cheryl Warner / Karen Fox
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
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Nilufar Ramji / Laura Sorto
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
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Josh Marshall
Intuitive Machines, Houston
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