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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Lunar Trailblazer

Mission

Nova-C IM-2

This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer.

Type: Lunar Exploration

Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Status

Go for Launch

Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.

Provider

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Spacecraft

Falcon 9 Block 5

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Programs

Commercial Resupply Services

Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.

Agencies:
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Northrop Grumman Space Systems
  • Sierra Nevada Corporation
  • SpaceX

Commercial Crew Program

The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a human spaceflight program operated by NASA, in association with American aerospace manufacturers Boeing and SpaceX. The program conducts rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program, transporting crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules, in the first crewed orbital spaceflights operated by private companies.

Agencies:
  • Boeing
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • SpaceX

Launch date

Launch: 2/27/2025, 12:17:00 AM

Window start: 2/27/2025, 12:17:00 AM

Window end: 2/27/2025, 12:17:00 AM