Update for February 14: SpaceX aims to launch the IM-1 Moon Lander mission for Intuitive Engines earlier than Thursday, February 15 due to liquid methane temperature problems during preparations to fuel the Odysseus lander. You can read our story and see updated hours of operation below.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send a new private lunar lander to the moon for Intuitive Machines and NASA this week, and you can watch it live online in free webcasts.
Intuition Machines' first Nova-C lander mission, known as IM-1, will launch to the moon on a Falcon 9 rocket on February 14 with payloads for NASA and other customers. Liftoff from NASA's Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida is scheduled for 12:57 am EST (0557 GMT). If all goes well, IM-1 will land on the moon on February 22, NASA and Intuition said.
SpaceX, Intuitive Machines and NASA will provide livestreams of the launch, with NASA also holding two preflight press conferences that you can listen to before liftoff. Read on to find out when and how to watch SpaceX's IM-1 launch online for intuitive machines.
Monday, Feb. 12: Introduction to Science Telecommunications
On Monday, February 12, NASA will hold an audio-only teleconference to review the science experiments aboard the IM-1 mission of Intuition Machines. Starting at 11 a.m. EST (1600 GMT) And It will be broadcast live on NASA TV. You can ask questions on social media using the #AskNASA tag.
IM-1 is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program and focuses NASA experiments on “plume-surface interactions, space weather/lunar surface interactions, radio astronomy, precision landing technologies, and communications and navigation nodes for future autonomy.” “NASA wrote in an explanation.
Below is who will be speaking during the press conference.
- Susan Lederer, CLPS Program Scientist, NASA's Johnson Space Center;
- Farzin Amzagerdian, Principal Investigator, Navigation Doppler Lidar, NASA's Langley Research Center;
- Tamara Statham, Associate Principal Investigator, Lunar Module-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 Photoelectric Envelope, NASA Goddard;
- Michelle Munk, Principal Investigator, Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, NASA Langley;
- Lauren Amin, Deputy Program Manager, Radio Frequency Mass Gauge, NASA's Glenn Research Center.
Tuesday, February 13: Lunar supply readiness teleconference
On Tuesday, February 13, NASA, SpaceX and Intuition will hold an advance press conference to review launch readiness for the IM-1 Moon Lander and its Falcon 9 rocket.
The press conference will begin at 1:30 pm EST (1830 GMT) and will be streamed Live on NASA TVBut don't expect a video as this is an audio-only short.
Below is who you can hear from during the conference.
- Joel Kearns, Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters;
- Debra Needham, program scientist, Office of Exploration Science Strategy and Coordination, NASA Headquarters;
- Trent Martin, Vice President, Space Systems, Intuitive Engines;
- William Gerstenmaier, Vice President, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX;
- Arlina Moses, Missile Weather Officer, 45th Weather Wing, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Wednesday, Feb. 14: SpaceX launch of IM-1
While NASA was anticipating a Valentine's Day launch for Intuitive Machine's IM-1 mission, liftoff originally scheduled for 12:57 a.m. EST (0557 GMT), the mission was delayed at least a day due to fuel temperature issues during liquid methane. IM-1 lander fuel. Liftoff is no longer set than before Thursday, February 15, 1:05 PM EST (0605 GMT).
NASA's live broadcast of the IM-1 launch will begin shortly before liftoff 12:20 AM EST (0520 GMT) And To be broadcast on NASA TV, NASA+ and the agency's other social media platforms.
SpaceX will host its own livestream of the launch SpaceX X account (formerly Twitter).
Intuitive Engines will also provide a livestream of the launch At its IM-1 mission site
You can watch the IM-1 launch live on Space.com on our homepage at the top of this page. However, the exact timing of SpaceX's IM-1 launch will depend on weather, launch vehicle and other conditions.
“Coverage is subject to change based on real-time operational activity,” NASA warned in a statement. The company will provide updates on the work through it Artemis NASA Blog.
If you can't watch SpaceX's IM-1 launch in person, NASA also offers a “Virtual Guest” option to follow it remotely. You can register as a virtual guest for the launch, get job updates and details and much more Agency's Virtual Guest Program website. Registration for IM-1 job is in progress At its work site.
Editor's note: This story was updated at 12:30 a.m. ET on February 14 to include the new launch date and time due to SpaceX delays.
