As a part of NASA’s CLPS (Industrial Lunar Payload Products and services) initiative and Artemis program, United Release Alliance (ULA) and Astrobotic are focused on 2:18 a.m. EST Monday, Jan. 8, for the primary business robot release to the Moon’s floor. Wearing NASA science, liftoff of ULA’s Vulcan rocket and Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander will occur from Release Advanced 41 at Cape Canaveral Area Power Station in Florida.
Are living release protection will air on NASA+, NASA Tv, the NASA app, and the company’s site, with prelaunch occasions beginning Thursday, Jan. 4. Learn to circulate NASA TV thru quite a few platforms together with social media. Practice occasions on-line at:
Peregrine will land at the Moon on Friday, Feb. 23. The NASA payloads aboard the lander intention to lend a hand the company broaden features had to discover the Moon below Artemis and upfront of human missions at the lunar floor.
Complete protection of this venture is as follows (all occasions Japanese):
Thursday, Jan. 4
11 a.m. – Science media briefing by means of WebEx with the next individuals:
Paul Niles, CLPS undertaking scientist, NASA Headquarters
Chris Culbert, CLPS program supervisor, NASA’s Johnson Area Middle
Nic Stoffle, science and operations lead for Linear Power Switch Spectrometer, NASA Johnson
Anthony Colaprete, important investigator, Close to-Infrared Risky Spectrometer Machine, NASA’s Ames Analysis Middle
Richard Elphic, important investigator, Neutron Spectrometer Machine, NASA’s Ames Analysis Middle
Barbara Cohen, important investigator, Peregrine Ion-Entice Mass Spectrometer, NASA’s Goddard Area Flight Middle
Daniel Cremons, deputy important investigator for Laser Retroreflector, NASA Goddard
Niki Werkheiser, director, Generation Maturation, Area Generation Undertaking Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Video of the teleconference will circulate continue to exist the company’s site:
Media would possibly ask questions by means of WebEx. For the dial-in knowledge, please touch the Kennedy newsroom no later than 10 a.m. on Jan. 4, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Friday, Jan. 5
3 p.m. – Lunar supply readiness media teleconference with the next individuals:
Joel Kearns, deputy affiliate administrator for Exploration, Science Undertaking Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Ryan Watkins, program scientist, Exploration Science Technique and Integration Administrative center, NASA Headquarters
John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic
Gary Wentz, vp, Executive and Industrial Systems, ULA
Arlena Moses, release climate officer, Cape Canaveral Area Power Station’s forty fifth Climate Squadron
Audio of the teleconference will circulate continue to exist the company’s site:
Media would possibly ask questions by means of telephone. For the dial-in quantity and passcode, please touch the Kennedy newsroom no later than 1 p.m. on Jan. 5, at: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Monday, Jan. 8
1:30 a.m. – NASA TV release protection starts
2:18 a.m. – Release
NASA release protection
Audio most effective of the inside track meetings and release protection shall be carried at the NASA “V” circuits, that may be accessed by way of dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, or -7135. On release day, the entire venture broadcast can also be heard on -1220 and -1240, whilst the countdown internet most effective can also be heard on -7135 starting roughly at 1:30 a.m. when the venture broadcast starts.
On release day, a “tech feed” appearing a static shot of the release pad with out NASA TV statement shall be carried at the NASA TV media channel.
NASA site release protection
Release day protection of the venture shall be to be had at the NASA site. Protection will come with are living streaming and weblog updates starting no previous than 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 8, because the countdown milestones happen. On-demand streaming video and pictures of the release shall be to be had in a while after liftoff. For questions on countdown protection at the Artemis weblog for updates.
Attend release nearly
Individuals of the general public can sign up to wait this release nearly. As a digital visitor, you’ve gotten get entry to to curated sources, agenda adjustments, and mission-specific knowledge delivered immediately in your inbox. Following every job, digital visitors will obtain a commemorative stamp for his or her digital visitor passport.
Watch, interact on social media
Let other people know you’re following the venture on X, Fb, and Instagram by way of the use of the hashtag #Artemis.
In Would possibly 2019, NASA awarded a role order for the medical payload supply to Astrobotic, which is heading in the right direction to be probably the most first of a minimum of 8 CLPS deliveries already deliberate. Thru Artemis, NASA is operating with more than one CLPS distributors to ship a standard cadence of deliveries to the Moon to accomplish science investigations, check applied sciences, and display features to lend a hand NASA discover the Moon sooner than NASA sends the primary astronauts to land close to the lunar South Pole.
The time limit has handed for media accreditation for in-person protection of this release. The company’s media accreditation coverage is to be had on-line. Extra details about media accreditation is to be had by way of emailing: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
For media inquiries in the case of the release supplier, please touch ULA’s communications division by way of emailing: media@ulalaunch.com. For media inquiries in the case of the CLPS supplier, Astrobotic, please touch Astrobotic’s conversation division by way of emailing: touch@astrobotic.com.
You’ll additionally keep attached by way of following and tagging those accounts:
X: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASAArtemis, @NASAMoon
Fb: NASA, NASAKennedy, NASAArtemis
Instagram: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASAArtemis
Be told extra about NASA’s CLPS initiative at:
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo o Messod Bendayan a: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov o messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov.
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Karen Fox / Alise Fisher
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600 / 202-358-2546
karen.fox@nasa.gov / alise.m.fisher@nasa.gov
Nilufar Ramji
Johnson Area Middle, Houston
281-483-5111
nilufar.ramji@nasa.gov
Antonia Jaramillo
Kennedy Area Middle, Florida
321-501-8425
antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov
