Media validation is open for the next delivery to the Moon through NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) Initiative and Artemis Campaign for the benefit of humanity. The six-day launch window for the first Firefly Aerospace launch to the lunar surface opens no earlier than mid-January 2025.
Blue Ghost flying, carrying 10 NASA Science and Technology InstrumentsThe launch will take place on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at NASA Kennedy.
Attendance at this launch is open to US citizens and international media. International media must apply by Monday, December 9, and US media must apply by Thursday, January 2. Media interested in participating in the launch activities must apply for credentials at:
https://media.ksc.nasa.gov
Upon approval the credential media will receive a confirmation email. NASA’s media accreditation policy is available online. For questions about accreditation or to request special logistical assistance such as space for satellite trucks, tents or electrical connections, please send an email by Thursday, January 2 to: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.govFor other questions, please contact Kennedy’s newsroom at 321-867-2468.
By Antonia Jaramillo and Mesod Bendayan Find out more about Centro Especial Kennedy: antnia.jaramellobotero@nasa.gov hey messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov,
The company has named this mission Ghost Riders in the Sky. It will land near a volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within Mare Crisium, a more than 300-mile-wide basin located in the near-northeast quadrant of the moon. This mission will be the first of NASA’s probes and its kind to advance our understanding of the lunar environment and help prepare for future human missions to the lunar surface as part of the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration approach. Will take up technology demonstrations first. This includes payloads testing lunar subsurface drilling, regolith sample collection, global navigation satellite system capabilities, radiation tolerant computing, and lunar dust mitigation. The data captured benefits humanity by providing information on how space weather and other cosmic forces impact Earth.
Under the CLPS model, NASA is investing in commercial delivery services to the Moon to enable industry development and support long-term lunar exploration. As the primary customer for CLPS deliveries, NASA aims to become one of many customers on future flights.
on the part of Artemis Under the mission, NASA is working with several American companies to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface. These companies are eligible to bid on task orders to deliver NASA payloads to the Moon. The work order includes payload integration and operation and launch from Earth and landing on the lunar surface. Existing CLPS contracts are indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a cumulative maximum contract value of $2.6 billion through 2028.
For more information about the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/clps
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