Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Lunar Trailblazer
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Nova-C IM-2
This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 376
Consecutive Success 79
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-04T19:21:00+0000
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-01T15:58:00+0000
Added approximate launch time.
hitura-nobad
2025-01-09T15:00:00+0000
NET February 26th
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-11T19:30:00+0000
NET February 27.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-14T14:12:00+0000
NET February.
Nosu
2024-09-13T06:39:00+0000
Targeting between January 1 and January 5, 2025
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-09T09:58:12+0000
NET December 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-24T07:30:25+0000
NET Q4 2024.
Nosu
2022-06-24T11:58:41+0000
NET mid-2023
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Nova-C IM-2 Science Media Teleconference
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NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Briefing participants include: - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Niki Werkheiser, director, technology maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Trent Martin, senior vice president, space systems, Intuitive Machines
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