NASA MEDIA TELECON ON IM-2 LUNAR DELIVERY READINESS, Feb 26, 2025, virtual, 3:00 am ET

Update, February 26:  NASA changed the time to 3:00 pm ET.

Original Entry: NASA will hold two media telecons in advance of the launch of the second Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission, IM-2, scheduled for No Earlier Than (NET) February 26, 2025 (see our separate entry for launch information).  IM-2 is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

Audio of both media telecons will be livestreamed on NASA Live.

February 25, 11:00 am ET: preview of the science and technology payloads NASA has aboard

• Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Niki Werkheiser, director, technology maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Jackie Quinn, Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 (PRIME-1) project manager, NASA Kennedy
• Daniel Cremons, LRA deputy principal investigator, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
• Bethany Ehlmann, Lunar Trailblazer principal investigator, Caltech
• Trent Martin, senior vice president, space systems, Intuitive Machines
• Thierry Klein, president, Bell Labs Solution Research, Nokia

February 26, 11:30 am ET: lunar delivery readiness

• Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Clayton Turner, associate administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Trent Martin, senior vice president, space systems, Intuitive Machines
• William Gerstenmaier, vice president, build and flight reliability, SpaceX
• Melody Lovin, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron