Abbey A. Donaldson
Nov 20, 2023
NASA will host a What’s on Board media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 29, to go over the science payloads flying aboard the very first industrial robotic flight to the lunar surface area as part of the company’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) effort under the Artemis program.
Bring NASA and business payloads to the Moon, Astrobotic Technologies will release its Peregrine lander on ULA’s (United Launch Alliance) Vulcan rocket. Liftoff of the ULA Vulcan rocket is targeted no earlier than Sunday, Dec. 24, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Peregrine lunar lander will touch down on the Moon in early 2024.
Audio of the call will stream on the company’s site at:
Instruction individuals consist of:
- Joel Kearns, deputy partner administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Ryan Watkins, program researcher, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA Headquarters
- Chris Culbert, program supervisor, CLPS, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
- John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic, Pittsburgh
To get involved by telephone, media need to RSVP no behind 2 hours before the rundown to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov
NASA granted a job order for the shipment of clinical payloads to Astrobotic in May 2019. Amongst the products on its lander, the Peregrine Mission One will bring NASA payloads examining the lunar exosphere, thermal residential or commercial properties of the lunar regolith, hydrogen abundances in the soil at the landing website, and electromagnetic fields, along with radiation environment tracking.
Through Artemis, NASA is dealing with numerous CLPS suppliers to develop a routine cadence of payload shipments to the Moon to carry out experiments, test innovations, and show abilities to assist NASA check out the lunar surface area. This swimming pool of business might bid on job orders to provide NASA payloads to the Moon. Job orders consist of payload combination and operations, introducing from Earth, and landing on the surface area of the Moon. The indefinite shipment, indefinite amount CLPS agreements have a cumulative optimum worth of $2.6 billion through 2028.
With CLPS, along with human expedition near the lunar South Pole, NASA will develop a long-lasting cadence of Moon objectives in preparation for sending out the very first astronauts to Mars.
For more Artemis updates, follow along at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/
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Karen Fox/ Alise Fisher
Head office, Washington
202-358-1600/ 202-358-2546
karen.fox@nasa.gov / alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov
Nilufar Ramji
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
nilufar.ramji@nasa.gov
Antonia Jaramillo
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
321-501-8425
antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov
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