NASA Intuitive Machines presser (28 Feb. 2024)
Subscribe here to access our catalogue in full: http://103.133.215.134/interplanetary/membership-account/membership-levels - NASA and Intuitive Machines give an update from Johnson Space Center in Houston to highlight the company?s first mission, known as IM-1. The lander, called Odysseus, carried six NASA science instruments to the South Pole region of the Moon as part of the agency?s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, and Artemis campaign. The IM-1 mission is the first U.S. soft landing on the Moon in more than 50 years, successfully landing on Feb. 22, 2024. Participants in the news conference include:?Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator, Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ in DC:? Sue Lederer, CLPS project scientist, NASA Johnson Space Center; Steve Altemus, chief executive officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines; Tim Crain, chief technology officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines - Video Credit: NASA -? The Crew-8 launch is targeted for 12:04 a.m. EST, Friday, March 1, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The targeted docking time is about 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 2. Crew arrival will be available on Kennedy?s streaming channels including YouTube and X. Coverage of launch, the postlaunch news conference, and docking will be available on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency?s website. NASA also will host an audio-only post-Flight Readiness Review news teleconference. The Crew-8 launch will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. As part of the agency?s Commercial Crew Program, the mission marks the eighth crew rotation mission and the ninth human spaceflight mission for NASA to the space station supported by a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft since 2020. Endeavour is the name of this Dragon spacecraft. NASA?s mission coverage is as follows (all times Eastern and subject to change based on real-time operations): Sunday, Feb. 25: 14:00 (Orlando time) ? Crew arrival media event at Kennedy streaming on the center?s social accounts with the following participants: Jennifer Kunz, associate director, technical, NASA Kennedy Dana Hutcherson, deputy program manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy; NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick; NASA astronaut Michael Barratt; NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps; Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin; 19:30 (Orlando time) ? Flight Readiness Review media teleconf. with the following participants: Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate, NASA HQ; Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX Eric van der Wal, Houston office team leader, ESA (European Space Agency) Takayoshi Nishikawa, director, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Houston Office Wednesday, Feb. 28: 09:15 a.m. ? NASA Social panel live stream event at Kennedy with the following participants: NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Carla Koch, Mission manager, Commercial Crew Program, NASA Kennedy Jennifer Buchli, chief scientist, International Space Station Program, NASA Johnson Kristin Fabre, deputy chief scientist, Human Research Program, NASA Johnson 10:30 a.m. ? NASA Administrator briefing from Kennedy with the following participants: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free Joel Montalbano, manager, International Space Station Program Steve Stich, manager, Commercial Crew Program 12:30 (noon) (Olrando time) ? One-on-one media interviews at Kennedy with various mission subject matter experts. NASA Upcoming events: *Saturday, March 2: 19:15 (Orlando time) -Launch coverage of NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for 11:16 p.m. Mission commentary will continue after spacecraft separation until approximately two hours prior to docking, when NASA TV coverage will resume. Streamed on Interplanetary.tv & NASA TV *Sunday, March 3: 01:30 AM (Orlando time) Postlaunch news conference for NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. 12:15 (noon) (Orlando) - Coverage of the rendezvous and docking of NASA?s SpaceX Crew-8 to the International Space Station, followed by hatch opening and welcoming remarks. Docking is scheduled for approx. 14:15 (Orlando time) Hatch opening will occur approx. 1 hour, 45 minutes after docking, followed by welcoming remarks. *Tuesday, March 5: 10:30 AM (Orlando time) - Graduation ceremony for the next generation of Artemis astronaut candidates. Streamed in Interplanetary.tv 11:45 AM (Orlando time) - Question and Answer session with the next generation of Artemis astronaut candidates live from Johnson Space Center. *Wednesday, March 6: 10:00 AM (Orlando time: https://shorturl.at/mDJZ6) ISS Expedition 70 in-flight event for WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., and the University of Maryland with NASA flight engineers Mike Barratt and Jeanette Epps *Friday, March 8: 11:00 (Orlando time) SXSW Conference Opening Session: Explore Space & Poetry with NASA & Poet Laureate Ada Lim?n. Stream live on the NASA TV Media Channel *12:30 (Noon) (Orlando time) - ISS Expedition 70 in-flight educational event for the San Antonio River Authority in San Antonio, Texas, with NASA flight engineer Loral O?Hara TBD ? Crew-7 farewell remarks and the ISS change-of-command ceremony (Andreas Mogensen hands over command of the space station to Oleg Kononenko) *Tuesday, March 12: 11:00 AM (Orlando time) SXSW Conference Featured Session: Live from Space: NASA Astronauts & Your Work in Orbit with NASA flight engineers Loral O?Hara and Jeanette Epps *Monday, April 8: 13:00 (Orlando time) - 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA live-stream on NASA+
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