NASA’s CLPS Flight: Intuitive Machines IM-2
Join NASA to participate online in the launch of Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission, part of NASA's CLPS initiative.
Virtual guests for this launch will receive curated mission resources, stay informed with the latest updates, and receive a commemorative stamp for their virtual guest passport after liftoff—all delivered straight to their inbox!
Be our virtual guest for the launch of Intuitive Machines IM-2, the next delivery to the Moon through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and the Artemis campaign for the benefit of humanity.
The Intuitive Machines Nova-C class lunar lander named Athena will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and carry NASA science, technology demonstrations, and other commercial payloads to Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole.
Liftoff of the IM-2 lunar mission is targeted for a four-day launch window, opening no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, no earlier than 7:16 p.m. EST tonight, February 26.
Among the items on Intuitive Machines’ lander, the IM-2 mission will be one of the first on site, or in-situ, demonstrations of resource utilization on the Moon. A drill and mass spectrometer will measure the potential presence of volatiles or gases from lunar soil in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole. In addition, a passive Laser Retroreflector Array on the top deck of the lander will bounce laser light back at any orbiting or incoming spacecraft to give future spacecraft a permanent reference point on the lunar surface. Other technology instruments on this delivery will demonstrate a robust surface communications system and deploy a propulsive drone that can hop across the lunar surface.
Launching as a rideshare on the mission, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft also will begin its journey to lunar orbit, where it will map the distribution of the different forms of water on the Moon.
For more information about the agency’s CLPS initiative, see: https://www.nasa.gov/clps
There is no physical ticket for online participation nor access to on-center activities. Register to participate from your spot in the universe! All resources, participation, and registration are FREE.
The use of the NASA logo or identifiers without permission of the Office of Communications is prohibited by federal statute and regulations, the violation of which may include fines, imprisonment, or both.
Join NASA to participate online in the launch of Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission, part of NASA's CLPS initiative.
Virtual guests for this launch will receive curated mission resources, stay informed with the latest updates, and receive a commemorative stamp for their virtual guest passport after liftoff—all delivered straight to their inbox!
Be our virtual guest for the launch of Intuitive Machines IM-2, the next delivery to the Moon through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and the Artemis campaign for the benefit of humanity.
The Intuitive Machines Nova-C class lunar lander named Athena will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and carry NASA science, technology demonstrations, and other commercial payloads to Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole.
Liftoff of the IM-2 lunar mission is targeted for a four-day launch window, opening no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, no earlier than 7:16 p.m. EST tonight, February 26.
Among the items on Intuitive Machines’ lander, the IM-2 mission will be one of the first on site, or in-situ, demonstrations of resource utilization on the Moon. A drill and mass spectrometer will measure the potential presence of volatiles or gases from lunar soil in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole. In addition, a passive Laser Retroreflector Array on the top deck of the lander will bounce laser light back at any orbiting or incoming spacecraft to give future spacecraft a permanent reference point on the lunar surface. Other technology instruments on this delivery will demonstrate a robust surface communications system and deploy a propulsive drone that can hop across the lunar surface.
Launching as a rideshare on the mission, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft also will begin its journey to lunar orbit, where it will map the distribution of the different forms of water on the Moon.
For more information about the agency’s CLPS initiative, see: https://www.nasa.gov/clps
There is no physical ticket for online participation nor access to on-center activities. Register to participate from your spot in the universe! All resources, participation, and registration are FREE.
The use of the NASA logo or identifiers without permission of the Office of Communications is prohibited by federal statute and regulations, the violation of which may include fines, imprisonment, or both.