<snip>Would take the wind out of the sails of calls for “traditional” hypergolic landers for HLS, too. There aren’t any real large hypergol engines in production right now that would be suitable for a lunar lander. There are several methane/LOx, kerolox, hydrolox engines that are.
[...] 845kg CH4 should correspond to about 3000kg LOX at 1:3.6.
DOGE-1 (12U, 13.8kg, Geometric Energy) (deployed from F9 second stage)I didn't find any proof DOGE-1 will actually launch as a surfboard payload other than they received the FCC licences a month ago.Looks like it's postponed. Any idea what their next opportunity is?
MEDIA: @Int_Machines' first robotic flight to the Moon is scheduled to launch from @NASAKennedy no earlier than Feb. 14. This will be the second mission under the #Artemis commercial lunar payload program. Apply for credentials by Jan. 29: go.nasa.gov/3ScRcqR
Ben Cooper's Launch Photography Viewing Guide, updated January 23:Quote<snip>A Falcon 9 will launch the Intuitive Machines IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at the earliest. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.<snip>
<snip>A Falcon 9 will launch the Intuitive Machines IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at the earliest. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.<snip>
<snip>A Falcon 9 will launch the Intuitive Machines IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at the earliest, in the middle of the night EST. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.<snip>
https://tass.ru/kosmos/19802649Google translate:QuoteMOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. The start of the Crew-8 mission, which includes Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, is scheduled for February 18, follows from the report of the head of the department of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, Rafail Murtazin, as part of the XLVIII Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in Memory of S.P. Korolev ("Royal Readings").“[Start of mission] Crew-8 - 18.2 (February 18 - TASS note),” says Murtazin’s presentation slide. The crew will go into orbit on the American ship Crew Dragon.
MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. The start of the Crew-8 mission, which includes Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, is scheduled for February 18, follows from the report of the head of the department of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, Rafail Murtazin, as part of the XLVIII Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in Memory of S.P. Korolev ("Royal Readings").“[Start of mission] Crew-8 - 18.2 (February 18 - TASS note),” says Murtazin’s presentation slide. The crew will go into orbit on the American ship Crew Dragon.
No change in launch date (yet)
NET February 29th or March 1st if IM-1 launches on time. If IM-1 launch slips then Crew-8 is NET February 22nd:QuoteThanks to @cbs_spacenews for his question on today's Crew-8 presser we now have some more clarity! Answer is basically: If IM-1 launches on time then Crew-8 would launch around the 29th or 1st but if it slips, then Crew-8 could be launched earlier around the 22nd.https://twitter.com/Alexphysics13/status/1750586524221968694
Thanks to @cbs_spacenews for his question on today's Crew-8 presser we now have some more clarity! Answer is basically: If IM-1 launches on time then Crew-8 would launch around the 29th or 1st but if it slips, then Crew-8 could be launched earlier around the 22nd.
<snip>A Falcon 9 will launch the Intuitive Machines IM-1 Nova-C lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at the earliest TBD, in the middle of the night EST if that day. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch. <snip>
NASA host says the name of the lander is Odysseus.
Trent Martin, Intuitive Machines: Odysseus is now encapsulated in SpaceX payload fairing.
CLPS IM-1 What's On Board Briefing Media Teleconference
SpaceX performed another test of this system overnight with even more venting visible and for a much longer duration (130x timelapse below). A wet dress rehearsal of this system with the IM-1 lander is on tap for the middle of next week.nsf.live/spacecoast
A Falcon 9 will launch the Intuitive Machines & NASA IM-1 Nova-C commercial lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at 1 a.m. EST. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
Ben Cooper (updated February 1st) now has 06:00 UTC as the launchtime:QuoteA Falcon 9 will launch the Intuitive Machines & NASA IM-1 Nova-C commercial lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at 1 a.m. EST. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.https://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html
A Falcon 9 will launch the Intuitive Machines & NASA IM-1 Nova-C commercial lunar lander from pad 39A on February 14 at 12:57 a.m. EST. The first stage will land back at the Cape about eight minutes after launch.
Scheiman says there are three days to launch the IM-1 mission in February (14-16).
SpX's Scheiman says they are targeting Feb 14, Valentine's Day, for Intuitive Machines' IM-1. Will be Wet Dress Rehearsal Feb 7.
