#clps

[itsfullofstars]

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Besides sharing the imagery, Blue Ghost has 10 NASA science and technology instruments aboard as part of the space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative.

CLPS is part of NASA’s broader Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

The instruments are currently working to collect data primarily on the moon’s subsurface, such as lunar dust and regolith, the loose rocks and mineral fragments that cover the lunar surface.

Shortly after the sunset, the lander will continue to operate for several hours during the lunar nighttime before the period of darkness and cold temperatures are expected to cause the spacecraft to cease operations.

[piratesexmachine420]

"Commercial Lunar Payload Services" God I wish we'd just nationalize all this shit

[simonh]

Blue Ghost Remains on Track, Lunar Orbit Insertion Burn Complete by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Via Flickr: After about a month in transit to the Moon, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully completed a four-minute lunar orbit insertion burn Thursday – the longest and most challenging burn conducted to date by the lander’s main engine and reaction control system thrusters. Now that the lander is in lunar trajectory, over the next 16 days, additional maneuvers will take the lander from an elliptical orbit to a circular orbit around the Moon. Blue Ghost Mission 1 is targeted to land Sunday, March 2, at 3:45 a.m. EST. During the lunar orbit insertion burn, Blue Ghost captured a picture of the Moon’s South Pole. Here, Blue Ghost captured a bright image of the Moon’s South Pole on the far left through its cameras on the top deck, as it travels to the Moon as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis a campaign. Credit: Firefly Aerospace #NASAMarshall #NASA #NASA #moon #CLPS #CommercialLunarPayloadServices #Lander #LunarLander Read more Read more about irefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Read more about NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) NASA Media Usage Guidelines

[alaturkaamerika]

Firefly Tarih Yazdı: Blue Ghost Uzay Aracı Ay’a Başarıyla İndi!

🚀 Firefly Aerospace, Blue Ghost uzay aracıyla başarılı bir Ay inişi gerçekleştirdi! 📌 NASA’nın CLPS programı kapsamında finanse edilen görev, iki hafta sürecek bilimsel araştırmalara zemin hazırlıyor.📌 Firefly, Ay’a iniş yapan ikinci özel şirket olarak uzay tarihinde yerini aldı!📌 Çin ve ABD arasındaki Ay yarışı hız kazanıyor! 🔥 Bu tarihi görev, uzay keşifleri açısından kritik bir dönüm noktası…

[alexanderrogge]

Kelly Kizer Whitt - New lunar lander Athena launches to the moon:

Athena #IntuitiveMachines #LunarLander #MonsMounton #NASA #CommercialLunarPayloadServices #CLPS #WaterOnMoon #WaterIce #LunarExploration #SolarSystemScience #Astronomy

[frogshunnedshadows]

There's a new probe in close orbit of the Moon right now. Planned landing is March 2, 2025.

[johniac]

SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 16th, 2025

[periwinkle-the-11th]

Ngl CLPS sounds terrible

I like the.... concept of visiting the moon to study it further. I don't like, that it's worded like we're gonna be fucking inhabiting the moon and we're setting up Interplanetary Amazon

[mrleontas]

Агентство заключило контракт по программе CLPS с компанией Intuitive Machines. Соглашение на сумму 116,9 миллиона долларов предполагает доставку набора из шести научных инструментов в южную полярную область Луны в 2027 году. Платформа Nova-C доставит 79 килограммов полезной нагрузки. Четыре инструмента будут предоставлены NASA, один – Университетом Колорадо, еще один – ESA. Последний включает в себя бур для изучения летучих веществ, находящихся на глубине до одного метра под поверхно��тью. Этот контракт стал четвертым для Intuitive Machines по программе CLPS. Это больше, чем у любой другой компании, вошедшей в эту программу. У Astrobotic и Firefly Aerospace по два контракта, еще один – у Draper. Агентство, напомним, планирует в среднем заключать по два соглашения в год на доставку научных инструментов на поверхность Луны. Напомним, что Intuitive Machines свою первую миссию выполнила, и она оказалась частично успешной, поскольку модуль Odysseus совершил посадку, но упал, хоть и продолжил некоторое время работать. В этом году планируется запуск второй миссии Intuitive Machines по программе CLPS, а также отправка на Луну модуля Blue Ghost от Firefly.

[talkoftitusville]

IM-1 Mission Close To End; More CLPS To Come Soon

Due to its final position on the lunar surface, Intuitive Machine’s IM-1 Nova-C “Odysseus” lander will cease operations within 24 hours. That will be two days earlier than planned. Still, IM said in an update this morning that they continue receiving data from the first American lunar lander to successfully touch down on the moon’s surface in over fifty years. In a post on the company’s website…

[itsfullofstars]

[aldocerandaz]

Seis instrumentos de la NASA volarán a la Luna en un módulo de aterrizaje de máquinas intuitivas

¡Es una noticia emocionante! La misión de Intuitive Machines a la Luna, programada para 2024, llevará seis instrumentos de la NASA a bordo de su módulo de aterrizaje. El módulo de aterrizaje lunar Nova-C se ve en la bahía alta de la sede de Intuitive Machines en Houston, antes de ser enviado al Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA en Florida para su integración con un cohete SpaceX Falcon 9 para…

[leapingmonkeys]

Intuitive Machines Nova-C

[nctrnm]

#NowPlaying: "Houston We Have a Podcast: Peregrine Mission One" by NASA

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