NASA Sets Coverage for Firefly First Commercial Robotic Moon Launch

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, January, and will deliver NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign. 15. . The mission will take off from Launch Complex 39A at SpaceX’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.

Beginning on Monday, January, NASA+ will broadcast live launch coverage, along with prelaunch activities. 13. . Discover how to view NASA content on social media and other platforms. Track every event at:.

Here is the link: https://www.nasa.gov/live/.

The Blue Ghost lander from Firefly will travel to the Moon for about 45 days following the launch before touching down in early March. As part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration strategy, the lander will carry ten science studies to deepen our knowledge of the Moon’s environment and inform future human missions to the lunar surface.

Testing and demonstrating lunar subsurface drilling technology, regolith sample collection capabilities, global navigation satellite system capabilities, radiation-tolerant computing, and lunar dust mitigation techniques are the science investigations on this flight. The information gathered could help people on Earth by shedding light on how cosmic forces like space weather affect the planet.

The media accreditation deadline for live coverage of this launch has passed. You can access the organization’s media accreditation policy online. You can get more information about media accreditation by sending an email to ksc-media-accreditat@mail . nasa . gov.

The following is the mission’s complete coverage (all times Eastern).

Jan., Monday. 13.

2.30 p.m. A. – A teleconference with the following participants about lunar science media.

Chris Culbert, manager of the CLPS program at the Johnson Space Center of NASA.

Maria Banks, NASA Johnson CLPS project scientist.

Live streaming of the teleconference’s audio will be available on the agency’s website.

The URL is https://www.dotnasa.gov/live.

Questions from the media can only be asked over the phone. Please get in touch with the Kennedy newsroom by 1:30 p.m. for the dial-in number and passcode. M. Jan. EST. ksc-newsroom@mail . nasa . gov on 13th.

January 2nd. 14. .

One p.m. A. Participants in the media teleconference on lunar delivery readiness include the following people.

Nicola Fox is an associate administrator at NASA Headquarters’ Science Mission Directorate.

Jason Kim, Firefly Aerospace’s CEO.

Julianna Scheiman is the director of SpaceX’s NASA science missions.

Mark Burger is the launch weather officer for the 45th Weather Squadron at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The agency’s website will broadcast the teleconference’s audio live.

https://www . nasa . gov/live/.

Only media may call to ask questions. Please get in touch with the Kennedy newsroom by 12 p.m. to obtain the dial-in number and passcode. m. EST on Tuesday, January. The email address is ksc-newsroom@mail . nasa . gov.

Jan. Wednesday. 15. .

12:30. M. NASA+ and the organization’s website start to cover the launch.

1:11 in the morning… A. – Launch.

Coverage of the NASA Launch.

The NASA “V” circuits, which can be reached by calling 321-867-1220, -1240, or -7135, will only carry audio of the media teleconferences and launch coverage. The countdown net only can be heard on -7135 starting about an hour before the mission broadcast starts, while the full mission broadcast can be heard on -1220 and -1240 on launch day.

A “tech feed” of the launch without NASA TV commentary will air on the NASA TV media channel on the day of launch.

Coverage of the NASA Website Launch.

NASA will provide coverage of the mission on the day of launch. Live streaming and blog updates starting at 12:30 a.m. will be part of the coverage. A. Jan. EST. 15, as the milestones of the countdown proceed. Soon after liftoff, the launch’s images and video will be available for on-demand streaming. By calling 321-867-2468, you can reach the Kennedy newsroom with inquiries regarding countdown coverage. For updates, follow our launch blog’s countdown coverage.

NASA Launches Virtual Visitors.

To virtually attend this launch, members of the public can register. A virtual guest passport stamp after a successful launch, carefully selected mission resources, and schedule updates will all be sent to registrants via email along with mission updates and activities. Prepare to add your stamp after printing your passport.

Participate on social media and watch.

Share the hashtag Artemis on Instagram, Facebook, and X to let people know you’re following the mission. Following and tagging these accounts will also help you stay in touch.

@NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASAArtemis, and @NASAMoon are for example.

Facebook: NASA, NASAArtemis, NASA Kennedy.

@NASA, @NASAKennedy, and @NASAArtemis on Instagram.

information in Spanish.

Did you know that NASA has a Spanish section called NASA en español? For more mission coverage, visit NASA en español on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and X.

To obtain information about coverage in Spanish at the Kennedy Center or to request interviews in Spanish, contact Antonia Jaramillo or Messod Bendayan at: antonia. Jaramillobotero@nasa.gov/messod. c . bendayan@nasa . gov.

For media questions about the launch provider, please send an email to media@spacex.com, the communications department of SpaceX. For media inquiries about Firefly Aerospace, the CLPS provider, please email Firefly’s communication department at press@fireflyspace.com.

To learn more about the agency’s CLPS initiative, visit:.

The URL is https://www.nasa.gov/clps.

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Alise Fisher/Karlene Fox.

Washington headquarters.

Phone: 202-358-1275; 301-286-6284.

Karen. . https://c . fox@nasa . gov/alise. m . fisher@nasa . gov.

Riusech, Natalia.

Johnson Space Center in Houston.

[281-483-5111].

Nataila. A. https://riusech@nasa.gov.