{"id":7832,"date":"2023-12-29T21:46:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-ula-and-astrobotics-robotic-moon-launch\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T21:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T13:46:19","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-ula-and-astrobotics-robotic-moon-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-ula-and-astrobotics-robotic-moon-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage for ULA and Astrobotic&#8217;s Robotic Moon Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1703832127292_638394289370160066.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"386\" alt=\"NASA Sets Coverage for ULA and Astrobotic's Robotic Moon Launch\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1703832127292_638394289370160066.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1703832127292_638394289370160066.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"386\"><\/p>\n<p>As part of <strong>NASA\u2019s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services)<\/strong> initiative and <strong>Artemis program<\/strong>, <strong>United Launch Alliance (ULA)<\/strong> and <strong>Astrobotic<\/strong> are targeting 2:18 a.m. EST, Jan. 8, for the first commercial robotic launch to the Moon\u2019s surface. Carrying NASA science, the liftoff of ULA\u2019s Vulcan rocket and Astrobotic\u2019s Peregrine lunar lander will happen from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Peregrine will land on the Moon on Friday, Feb. 23. The NASA payloads aboard the lander aim to help the agency develop capabilities needed to explore the Moon under Artemis and in advance of human missions on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>Full coverage of this mission is as follows (all times Eastern):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Jan. 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11 a.m. \u2013 Science media briefing via WebEx with the following participants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Niles, CLPS project scientist, NASA Headquarters<\/li>\n<li>Chris Culbert, CLPS program manager, NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center<\/li>\n<li>Nic Stoffle, science and operations lead for Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer, NASA Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Colaprete, principal investigator, Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System, NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center<\/li>\n<li>Richard Elphic, principal investigator, Neutron Spectrometer System, NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Cohen, principal investigator, Peregrine Ion-Trap Mass Spectrometer, NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Cremons, deputy principal investigator for Laser Retroreflector, NASA Goddard<\/li>\n<li>Niki Werkheiser, director, Technology Maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friday, Jan. 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. \u2013 Lunar delivery readiness media teleconference with the following participants:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Watkins, program scientist, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA Headquarters<\/li>\n<li>John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic<\/li>\n<li>Gary Wentz, vice president, Government and Commercial Programs, ULA<\/li>\n<li>Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station\u2019s 45th Weather Squadron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, Jan. 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:30 a.m. \u2013 NASA TV launch coverage begins<\/li>\n<li>2:18 a.m. \u2013 Launch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NASA launch coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Audio only of the news conferences and launch coverage will be carried on the NASA \u201cV\u201d circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, or -7135. On launch day, the full mission broadcast can be heard on -1220 and -1240, while the countdown net only can be heard on -7135 beginning approximately at 1:30 a.m. when the mission broadcast begins.<\/p>\n<p>On launch day, a \u201ctech feed\u201d showing a static shot of the launch pad without NASA TV commentary will be carried on the NASA TV media channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NASA website launch coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Launch day coverage of the mission will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates beginning no earlier than 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 8, as the countdown milestones occur. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage on the Artemis blog for updates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attend launch virtually<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Members of the public can register to attend this launch virtually. As a virtual guest, you have access to curated resources, schedule changes, and mission-specific information delivered straight to your inbox. Following each activity, virtual guests will receive a commemorative stamp for their virtual guest passports.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2019, NASA awarded a task order for the scientific payload delivery to Astrobotic, which is on track to be one of the first of at least eight CLPS deliveries already planned. Through Artemis, NASA is working with multiple CLPS vendors to send a regular cadence of deliveries to the Moon to perform science investigations, test technologies, and demonstrate capabilities to help NASA explore the Moon before NASA sends the first astronauts to land near the lunar South Pole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of NASA\u2019s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis program, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Astrobotic are targeting 2:18 a.m. EST, Jan. 8, for the first commercial robotic launch to the Moon\u2019s surface. Carrying NASA science, the liftoff of ULA\u2019s Vulcan rocket and Astrobotic\u2019s Peregrine lunar lander will happen from Launch Complex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-7832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}