NASA BRIEFING FOR INTUITIVE MACHINES’ IM-1 MOON LAUNCH (1 of 2), Feb 12, 2024, virtual, 11:00 am

Update, February 11:  NASA changed the date and time for the second media telecon on Lunar Delivery Readiness. That now will be on February 13 at 1:30 pm ET instead of February 12 at 4:30 pm ET.  The updated schedule is as follows:

On February 12 and 13, 2024, NASA will hold two media telecons in advance of the launch of Intuitive Machines’ first lunar mission, IM-1, scheduled for February 14 at 12:57 am ET.  IM-1 is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program where NASA purchases services from companies to deliver NASA payloads to the lunar surface. The companies find non-NASA customers to close the business case.

Audio of both telecons will air on https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv.

February 12, 11:00 am ET: Science

• Susan Lederer, CLPS project scientist, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
• Farzin Amzajerdian, principal investigator, Navigation Doppler Lidar, NASA’s Langley Research Center
• Tamara Statham, co-principal investigator, Lunar Node-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 Photoelectron Sheath, NASA Goddard
• Michelle Munk, principal investigator, Stereo Camera for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, NASA Langley
• Lauren Ameen, deputy project manager, Radio Frequency Mass Gauge, NASA’s Glenn Research Center

February 13, 1:30 pm ET: Lunar Delivery Readiness

• Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Debra Needham, program scientist, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office, NASA Headquarters
• Trent Martin, vice president, Space Systems, Intuitive Machines
• William Gerstenmaier, vice president, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX
• Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron