NASA News Conference on Intuitive Machines' First Lunar Landing

Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission made history on Feb. 22, with the first successful Moon landing by a company. This televised news conference will discuss details of Odysseus' landing as part of NASA's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign.

Participants from NASA and Intuitive Machines will discuss next steps for NASA science instruments aboard, as well as details of the landing, which made last-minute use of NASA’s precision landing technology demonstration, NDL, or Navigation Doppler Lidar.

Participants in the news conference include:
• Joel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Prasan Desai, deputy associate administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
• Steve Altemus, chief executive officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines
• Tim Crain, chief technology officer and co-founder, Intuitive Machines

Credit: NASA

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