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Intuitive Machines 2 Lunar Landing Athena completed Descent Orbit Insertion at 4:33 a.m CST, Intuitive Machines is still planning on an 11:30 a.m. CST landing time. Carrying NASA technology demonstrations and science investigations, Intuitive Machines is targeting their Moon landing no earlier than 12:32 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 6. The company’s Nova-C lunar lander is slated to land in Mons Mouton, a lunar plateau near the Moon’s South Pole, as part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Watch live landing coverage of the Intuitive Machines 2 (IM-2) landing, hosted by NASA and Intuitive Machines, on NASA+ starting no earlier than 11:30 a.m., approximately 60 minutes before touchdown. Beginning at 11 a.m. the agency will share?blog updates?as landing milestones occur. Watch Live: https://lnkd.in/gCHEX4Az #spaceeducation #spaceexploration #lunarlanding #athena #NASA

STARSHIP'S EIGHTH LAUNCH The eighth flight test of?Starship?is preparing to launch Monday, March 3 from Starbase in Texas. The one hour launch window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT. A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 40 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch?on X @SpaceX?or on?spacex.com.?You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app. The upcoming flight will target objectives not reached on the previous test, including Starship’s first payload deployment and multiple reentry experiments geared towards returning the upper stage to the launch site for catch. The flight also includes the launch, return, and catch of the Super Heavy booster. Extensive upgrades to Starship’s upper stage debuted on?the previous flight test,?focused on adding reliability and performance across all phases of flight. Starship’s forward flaps have been upgraded to significantly reduce their exposure to reentry heating while simplifying the underlying mechanisms and protective tiling. Redesigns to the propulsion system, including a 25 percent increase in propellant volume over previous generations, add additional vehicle performance and the ability to fly longer duration missions. And the vehicle’s avionics underwent a complete redesign, adding additional capability and redundancy for increasingly complex missions like propellant transfer and ship return to the launch site. Go Starship! Go SpaceX! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eKPgjM5e #spaceeducation #spaceeploration #spacex #starship #newworlds

BLUE GHOST 1 LANDING SITE Congrats to all at Firefly Aerospace for Blue Ghost 1's soft landing, and the precision!: within 100 m of the target at 18.56°N, 61.81°E, near the base of the Mons Latreille volcanic structure. National Space Society, SETI Institute, Mars Institute, Kepler Space University, Ceres Robotics, Inc., NASA Ames Research Center, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

"Oh, that view is tremendous." #OTD Astronaut John Glenn spoke these words as he became the first American to orbit the Earth while on the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. In Glenn's historic Feb. 20, 1962 Mercury flight in his Friendship 7, he orbited the Earth three times over 4 hours and 44 minutes. Learn More: https://lnkd.in/gzZkbpKb Friendship 7: https://lnkd.in/gu4mFAAQ #spaceeducation #spaceexploration #OverviewEffect

?Join the Next Generation of Space Leaders! Application are open to join KSU Space Scholars Crew-5!??? Kepler Space University invites bold visionaries and aspiring pioneers to?Space Scholars Crew-5—we are looking for scholars to advance research and development supporting the expansion of human civilization from Earth to Space. We are recruiting exceptional people with a passion for space exploration. We provide education in interdisciplinary space studies, to develop new knowledge and experiences in pioneering fields of research related to human living and working in space. This is more than just a program; it’s?a launchpad for future space leaders, innovators, and researchers?who dare to push the boundaries of what’s possible. As a Space Scholar, you will: ???? Receive scholarship opportunities to pursue your graduate studies ???? Collaborate with leading space experts and fellow visionaries. ???? Gain hands-on experience and build a network in the space industry. ???? Contribute to groundbreaking projects that push the boundaries of human space exploration. ???? Whether your passion lies in engineering, science, management, or envisioning humanity’s future among the stars,?Space Scholars Crew-5?is your chance to lead the way. This program is designed for students looking to pursue graduate studies and lead the next era of space exploration. If you dream of making history in space,?this is your call to step forward.?The frontier is waiting. Are you ready? ???Apply Now:?https://lnkd.in/e9GQ7ZzN ????Deadline:?April 30th, 2025 #SpacePioneers #SpaceScholars #Crew5 #KeplerU #SpaceEducation #SpaceExploration #GraduateStudies #Scholarships #research #technology #spaceindustry #FutureOfSpace

Check out the the latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, is now available online. The?Spinoff 2025 publication?features more than 40 commercial infusions of NASA technologies including: > A platform enabling commercial industry to perform science on the space station, including the growth of higher-quality human heart tissue, knee cartilage, and pharmaceutical crystals that can be grown on Earth to develop?new medical treatments.? > An?electrostatic sprayer?technology to water plants without the help of gravity and now used in sanitation, agriculture, and food safety.? > “Antigravity” treadmills?helping people with a variety of conditions run or walk for exercise, stemming from efforts to improve astronauts’ fitness in the weightlessness of space.? > Nutritional supplements?originally intended to keep astronauts fit and mitigate the health hazards of a long stay in space.? We choose to go to space to improve life on Earth! Learn More: https://lnkd.in/g6NFVj8W #spaceeducation #spaceexploration

Yes we do! We see a future where humans are living, working and thriving in space!

Join Prof. Pascal Lee on Tuesday, February 11 · 5:30 - 7pm EST and learn about humanity's journey back to the Moon! Establishing a fixed base on the Moon at a high southern latitude but off-polar site, with a versatile mobility system for surface and point-to-point transportation, would far more optimally serve the United States’ science, exploration, and strategic interests on the Moon than the series of sortie missions to the lunar south polar regions currently planned in the Artemis program. In an ongoing search for candidate sites to establish a lunar base, Clavius crater is emerging as an intriguing option. It offers unique and exciting geology spanning almost the entire history of the Moon, and relatively easy access to many other sites of interest including the lunar South Pole. Beyond Clavius’ exceptional inherent value, a “Clavius Base”, first depicted in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”, could also serve as a public engaging case of reality meeting fiction. Register for Free: https://lnkd.in/eia5zB8D #spaceeducation #spaceexploration #lunarscience #Artemis #wearegoingback #Moon #KeplerU #SpaceIndustry

Join Prof. Frank White, Anthony (Ac) Grayling, And Kelly Weinersmith and explore What Does It Mean For Humanity To Become Multiplanetary? #spaceeducation #spaceexploration #multiplanetary

Day of Remembrance Ceremony 2025 On NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's #DayofRemembrance, we honor those who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. We join NASA in remembering the crews of Apollo 1, Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51L), and Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107). Join us virtually as NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, in partnership with The Astronauts Memorial Foundation, hosts a Day of Remembrance ceremony at the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy’s Visitor Complex on Thursday, Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. EST. Live Now: https://lnkd.in/gHMQvsSz