NASA Sets Coverage for ULA, Astrobotic Artemis Robotic Moon Launch

As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) effort and Artemis program, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Astrobotic are targeting 2:18 a.m. EST Monday, Jan. 8, for the very first industrial robotic launch to the Moon’s surface area. Bring NASA science, liftoff of ULA’s Vulcan rocket and Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander will occur from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Live launch protection will air on NASA+NASA Television, the NASA appand the firm’s site, with prelaunch occasions beginning Thursday, Jan. 4. Find out how to stream NASA TELEVISION through a range of platforms consisting of social networks. Follow occasions online at: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.

Peregrine will arrive on the Moon on Friday, Feb. 23. The NASA payloads aboard the lander goal to assist the company establish abilities required to check out the Moon under Artemis and in advance of human objectives on the lunar surface area.

Complete protection of this objective is as follows (perpetuity Eastern):

Thursday, Jan. 4

11 a.m.– Science media rundown by means of WebEx with the following individuals:

• Paul Niles, CLPS task researcher, NASA Headquarters
• Chris Culbert, CLPS program supervisor, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
• Nic Stoffle, science and operations lead for Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer, NASA Johnson
• Anthony Colaprete, primary private investigator, Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System, NASA’s Ames Research Center
• Richard Elphic, primary private investigator, Neutron Spectrometer System, NASA’s Ames Research Center
• Barbara Cohen, primary private investigator, Peregrine Ion-Trap Mass Spectrometer, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
• Daniel Cremons, deputy principal private investigator for Laser Retroreflector, NASA Goddard
• Niki Werkheiser, director, Technology Maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters

Video of the teleconference will stream reside on the company’s site: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.

Media might ask concerns by means of WebEx. For the dial-in info, please get in touch with the Kennedy newsroom no behind 10 a.m. on Jan. 4, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov

Friday, Jan. 5

3 p.m.– Lunar delive