Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is a NASA program to contract transportation services able to send small robotic landers and rovers to the Moon's south polar region.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA will host a What’s on Board media teleconference to discuss the science payloads flying aboard the first commercial robotic flight to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative under the Artemis program. Briefing participants include: - Joel Kearns, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Ryan Watkins, program scientist, NASA Headquarters - Chris Culbert, project manager, CLPS, NASA Johnson - John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic, Pittsburgh
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NASA will host a Science Briefing with the following participants: - Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist, NASA - Chris Culbert, CLPS program manager, NASA - Nic Stoffle, science and operations lead for Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer, NASA - Anthony Colaprete, Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System, NASA - Richard Elphic, Neutron Spectrometer System, NASA - Barbara Cohen, Peregrine Ion-Trap Mass Spectrometer, NASA - Daniel Cremons, Laser Retroreflector, NASA - Niki Werkheiser, director, Technology Maturation, NASA
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United Launch Alliance is rolling out their Vulcan Centaur rocket for it´s first flight.
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NASA will host a teleconference with the following participants: - Joel Kearns, administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA - Ryan Watkins,Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA - John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic - Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA - Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
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Astrobotic will hold a media teleconference to discuss updates on their Peregrine Mission One, which is carrying payloads as part of NASA0s Commercial Lunar Provider Services (CLPS) initiative.
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NASA will host a media teleconference, to discuss its science and technology demonstrations flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ first flight to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. Briefing participants include: - Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Debra Needham, program scientist, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA Headquarters - Chris Culbert, program manager, CLPS, NASA Johnson Space Center - Trent Martin, vice president, Space Systems, Intuitive Machines
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NASA will hold a science media teleconference with the following participants: - Susan Lederer, CLPS project scientist, NASA’s Johnson Space Center - Farzin Amzajerdian, principal investigator, Navigation Doppler Lidar, NASA’s Langley Research Center - Tamara Statham, co-principal investigator, Lunar Node-1, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center - Daniel Cremons, deputy principal investigator, Laser Retro-Reflector Array, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center - Nat Gopalswamy, principal investigator, Radio Observations of the Lunar Surface Photoelectron Sheath, NASA Goddard - Michelle Munk, principal investigator, Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, NASA Langley - Lauren Ameen, deputy project manager, Radio Frequency Mass Gauge, NASA’s Glenn Research Center
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NASA will hold a lunar delivery readiness media teleconference with the following participants: - Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Debra Needham, program scientist, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA Headquarters - Trent Martin, vice president, Space Systems, Intuitive Machines - William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX - Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
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Intuitive Machines Nova-C IM-1 lunar lander will attempt to land on the surface of the Moon.
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NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a televised news conference at 5 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 23, to detail the Odysseus lander’s historic soft Moon landing. Participants in the news conference include: - Joel Kearns, Exploration, Science Mission Directorate - Prasun Desai, Space Technology Mission Directorate - Steve Altemus, CEO, Intuitive Machines - Tim Crain, CTO , Intuitive Machines
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NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a news conference following the conclusion of the IM-1 mission. Participants in the news conference include: - Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator, Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA - Sue Lederer, CLPS project scientist, NASA - Steve Altemus,CEO, Intuitive Machines - Tim Crain, CTO, Intuitive Machines