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RUINAR LANDER AHEAD OF THE AUTONOMOUS LANDING SEQUENCE THAT BEGINS WITH POWERED DECENT INITIATION AT 5:11 P.M. CENTRAL TIME FOR AND LAKING TIME AT 5:24 P.M. CENTRAL. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE ROOM'S SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TOOL WHICH YOU CAN SEE.

ON THE SCREEN NOW. THE VIS IS CASTEN TO A LARGE TELEVISION IN THE FRONT OF MISSION CONTROL SO THE ACTIVITY DIRECTOR AND MISSION DIRECTOR CAN HAVE THE BEST VIEW. GARY. >> ANIMATION REPRESENTING REAL-TIME TELEMETRY DATA FEEDING.

INTO NOVA CONTROL. NOVA CONTROL RECEIVES THE DATA, UNARES IT THROUGH ENGINE 5 AND GENERATES A VISUALIZATION OF THE DATA. A USEFUL TOOL OF KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT FLIGHT CONTROLLERS EXPECT NOVA-C IS DOING IN SPACE. THE WHITE LINE POINTS TO THE.

MOON. THE BLUE LINE IS THE PAST AND INTENDED TRAJECTORY. THE YELLOW AND RED LINES ARE POINTING TOWARD THE SUN AND EARTH RESPECT EFLY. THE DIFFERENT COLORED CONES USED FOR THE LINE OF SIGHT COMMUNICATION BACK TO EARTH.

WE WILL SHOW THE VIS PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE COVERAGE UP TO 12 MINUTES PRIOR TOND LAKING AND IN THE FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE LANDING THE MOST RELIABLE SPACECRAFT DATA WILL BE RELAYED THROUGH AUDIO LOOPS AND STARTING OUR COVERAGE LATER THAN EXPECTED TODAY AS FLIGHT.

CONTROLLERS CONTINUE TO ACCESS NOVEMBER HAVE C'S TRAJECTORY, GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL. NOVA-C MAINTAINED A LOW LUNAR ORBIT BIN A SLIGHTLY MORE ELLIPTICAL SHAPE. LAST NIGHT FLIGHT CONTROLLERS PERFORMED A LUNAR CORRECTION.

MANEUVER BURN TOED A JUST THE LANDER'S ORBIT. THIS BURN KEPT NOVA-C ON TRAJECTORY TO LAND BUT MOVED THE LANDING TIME ESTIMATES EARLIER BY ABOUT AN HOUR. THEN TODAY, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS CHOSE TO EXERCISE AN ADDITIONAL ORBIT BEFORE STARTING THE IM-1.

MISSION LANDING SEQUENCE. THIS DECISION BROUGHT US TO NOW. PROJECTING A LANDING TIME OF 17:24 CENTRAL TIME. INTUITIVE MACHINES MADE THE DECISION TO REASOON THE PRIMARY NAVIGATION SENSORS FROM THE LASER RANGE FINDING SYSTEM TO USE THE SENSORS ON NASA'S.

NAVIGATION DOPPLER LDIR. WE'LL UPDATE YOU LATER IN THE BROADCAST. IN TUTIVE MACHINES INTENDS TO LAND ON IN THE OPTIMUM LYING WINDOW AND THE LUNAR CORRECTION MANEUVER PERFORMED LAST NIGHT ELIMINATED THE NEED FOR THE PLANNED TEN-SECOND DEORBIT BURN.

I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT NOVA-C FROM LOW LUNAR ORBIT INTO THE DECENT PHASE. NOVA-C'S CURRENT TRAJECTORY HAS IT CONTINUING TO DECREASE THE ALTITUDE OVER THE NEXT HOUR UNTIL THE BREAKING BURN CALLED POWER DECENT INITIATION. >> AGAIN, THE IN LAKING TIME IS.

EXPECTED AT 5:24 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. 6:24:00 P.M. EASTERN. THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN IS COUNTING DOWN THE TIME WE EXPECT TO, WE EXPECT TO REMOVE THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES BEFORE THEND LAKING OPPORTUNITY.

GETTING TO THIS MOMENT, GARY, HAS BEEN QUITE THE JOURNEY. IT HAS LASTED SEVEN DAYS SO FAR SINCE LIFTOFF FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A AT NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. LIFTED OFF 1:05 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME ON FEBRUARY 15th APPROXIMATELY.

48 MINUTES LATER INTUITIVE MACHINES LUNAR LANDER ENTERED A TRANSLUNAR ORBIT. A DIRECT SHOT AT THE MOON. IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS AFTER THE LAUNCH, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN NOVA CONTROL COMMANDED ENGINE FIRINGS TO PLACE THE LANDING INTO LOW LUNAR ORBIT.

APPROXIMATELY 62 MILES ABOVE THE LUNAR SURFACE. THE JOURNEY TO LOW LUNAR ORBIT INCLUDED FIRING THE FIRST LIQUID METHANE AND LIQUID OXYGEN ENGINE IN SPACE AND CALLED THE COMMISSIONING MANEUVER. A FULL THRUST MAIN STAGE ENGINE BURN WITH A THROTTLE DOWN.

PROFILE NECESSARY TO LAND ON THE MOON OVER THE LAST 20 HOURS. OH DISEAS HAS MAINTAINED AND WAITED FOR SUITABLE LIGHTING CONTINUE TO BEGAN THE AUTONOMOUS DOE CENT TO THE DESIGNATE LANDING SIDE FOR THE IM-1 MISSION NEAR THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON.

OUR JOINT COVERAGE WILL POLO THROUGH THE DECENT AND LANDING ON THE LUNAR SURFACE CARRYING 12 PAYLOADS WITH IT. THE MISSION IS ENABLED WITH NASA'S COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES OR ECLIPSE. HERE IS MORE ON THIS INITIATIVE UNDER ARTEMIS.

>> GETTING THERE IS REALLY HARD. BUT WHAT IF THERE WAS WAY TO CHANGE THAT? ONLY A FEW NATIONS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON THE MOON. AS MASA SENDS ASTRONAUTS BACK TO THE LUNAR SURFACE, THIS TIME TO STAY, WE BELIEVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTRUMENTS AHEAD OF.

TIME TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN EXPLORATION. TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, NASA IS HELPING ESTABLISH THE COMMERCIAL LUNAR ECONOMY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THERE WILL BE COMMERCIAL DELIVERY SERVICES, TO THE MOON, WE ARE ENABLING AMERICAN COMPANIES TO SEND OUR PAYLOADS.

TO THE LUNAR SURFACE FOR US. THESE DELIVERY SERVICES WILL EXPAND OUR CAPABILITIES FOR EXPLORATION, RADICALLY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF SCIENCE WE CONDITION ACHIEVE. THIS HIGH RISK HIGH REWARD INITIATIVE WILL INVESTIGATE IN AND LEVERAGE THE SPIRIT OF.

AMERICAN INNOVATION TO LAUNCH THE COMMERCIAL LUNAR MARKET PLACE, ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY AND EXPLORATIONS FOR ALL OF US. WITH THIS ACCESS TO THE MOON, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE NOVEL MEASH SHOEMENTS AND DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG WANTED TO DO ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.

AS AS THIS NEW INDUSTRY MATURE, THE COMMERCIAL DELIVERY SERVICE FOR NASA AND OTHER CUSTOMERS COULD EXPAND BEYOND THE MOON TO OTHER DESTINATIONS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. WE CAN LEARN TO LIVE IN ANOTHER WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE EXPLORERS. >> ECLIPSE IS IMPORTANT PATHWAY.

TOWARD LONG-TERM EXPLORATION OF THE MON AND PART OF NASA'S ARTEMIS MISSIONS THAT WILL ESTABLISH A TEENABLE PRESENCE IN THE LUNAR VICINITY AND PREPARE HUMANS FOR MISSIONS TO MARS. FOR MORE ON HOW THIS FITS IN WITH THE GREATER PLAN LET'S HEAD OVER TO NASA'S LEAH CHESHIRE WHO.

IS DOWN THE HALL. HI,EE. LEAH: THANK YOU. I AM HERE. THANKS SORE TOP OF FOR BEING HERE JOEL. >> THANK YOU, LEAH. IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE ON LANDING DAY WHICH IS CULMINATION.

OF FIVE YEARS OF WORK BY INTUITIVE MACHINES CORPORATION. >> YEAH. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED? WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE NASA GOALS FOR THE ECLIPSE INITIATIVE? >> NO YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS HAVE AMERICAN.

COMPANIES TAKE NASA EQUIPMENT AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE NASA DO THAT OURSELVES. YOU KNOW, NASA IS REALLY GOOD AT DOING SPACE SCIENCE MISSIONS WHETHER THAT'S THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE OR THE MARS RECOVER.

WHAT BUT WHAT WE KNEW FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, WE WOULD START GOING TO THE MOON TO DO INVESTIGATIONS. WE KNEW WE WOULD BE GOING BACK EVERY YEAR SO WE TURNED THE TRY TO SEE IF THEY COULD ACTUALLY TAKE US TO THE MOON INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO DO IT OURSELVES.

THAT I S HOWL WE CAME UP WITH COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES. THERE IS THREE OBJECTIVES FOR COMMERCIAL ECLIPSE. ONE THAT IS WE WANT TO DO GREAT SCIENCE ON THE MOON. THE SECOND IS WE WANT TO TEST.

OUT TECHNOLOGY AND EN GY INTO NEARING FOR FUTURE HUMAN EXPLORE RIGS AND ARTEMIS. THE THIRD IS WE WANT TO GENERATE A GROUP OF COMPANIES THAT ARE HIGHLY SKILLED IN DOING THE ROBOTIC LUNAR LANDINGS SO WE COULD USE THEM AS PART OF THE ARTEMIS INITIATIVE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. HOW IS ECLIPSE BEN FOG IS THE ARTEMIS CALM SIGN IN WELL, A NUMBER OF DIP REASON WAYS. FOR EXAMPLE WE'LL DO SCIENCE AT THE SOUTH BOLE THE ARTEMIS AND ALSO ROBOTIC EXPLORERS BUT ALSO GET GOING TO USE THESE ROBOTIC.

COMMERCIAL LANDINGS TO DO SCIENCE AT PLACES WHERE WE WON'T SEND ASTRONAUTS. ANOTHER — WE CAN USE THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS INTUITIVE MACHINE MISSION THAT WILL LAND IN THE SOUTH POLE REGION WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO THE SOUTH TO LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

TO THE PLACE WE ARE SENDING ASTRONAUTS IN THE FUTURE. THAT IS WHAT TYPE OF DUST OR DIRT IS THERE. HOW OLD HOT OR COLD DOES IT GET? WHATS THE RADIATIONAL ENVIRONMENT? THESE ARE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SEND THE.

FIRST HUMAN EXPLORERS. I WOULD SAY IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE ARE FLYING HUMANS TO THE MOON AS PART OF ARTEMIS. WE CAN USE ECLIPSE TO PRESTAGE EQUIPMENT OR OTHER CARGO SO WAITING FOR THE ASTRONAUT EXPLORERS WHEN THEY LAND. >> THIS IS ENTIRELY NEW APPROACH.

THAT USES A PRIVATELY DEVELOPED LUNAR LANDER. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE — WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAYS ON RISKS BUT ALSO BENEFITS OF A MODEL LIKE THIS? >> SO WHEN INDUSTRY CAME TO NASA ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO AND SAID WE COULD DO THIS FOR YOU AS A.

SERVICE WHAT THEY SAID WAS THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MOST EX PES OFIVE IF WE DID IT OURSELF AND THEY COULD DO IT FASTER AND THEY COULD DO IT MORE PRECONDITION WITHLY AND MORE THAN ONE MISSION YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR OR TWO. SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS GOING TO BE TRUE.

WHAT WE ARE WAITING TO SEE SUCH AS THE MISSION TODAY IS CAN THEY ACTUALLY DO THIS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT THING. CAN THEY REALLY LAND ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON ROBOTICALLY. THIS IS SOMETHING EXTREMELY CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT TO DO. THE MOON HAS NO AIR.

YOU CANNOT USE PARACHUTES OR WINGS TO SLOW DOWN. YOU HAVE TO RIDE A ROCKET ENGINE ALL THE WAY FROM ORBITAL SPEED, YOU KNOW? THOUSANDS OF MILES PER HOUR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A VERY SOFT TOUCHDOWN SPEED TO LAND IN THIS PLACE WHICH IS VERY ROUGH,.

PRETTY RUGGED, IT IS UNUSUAL LIGHTING AND COMMUNICATION CONDITIONS SO THIS IS NOT EASY THING WE HAVE ASKED THE COMPANIES TO DO, BUT IF THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL, THE UPSIDE FOR AMERICAN EXPLORATION IS SO GREAT, WE VERY TO TRY IT. >> YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY, JOEL. WITH THAT WE'LL TOSS IT BACK TO JOSH AND GARY TO PREVIEW THE LANDING SEQUENCE. >> THANKS, LEAH. WE ARE FOLLOWING ALONG WITH.

NOVA-C'S DECENT TOWARD THE LUNAR SURFACE THE LANNER IS CONTINUING TO DECREASE THE ALTITUDE MILLION THE POWER DECENT INITIATION AND 11 MINUTE BREAKING BURN THAT SETS NOVA-C UP FOR THE FINAL MOMENTS PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THAT TIME OF IGNITION FOR PDI OR POWER DECENT IS 5:11 P.M.

CENTRAL TIME. 6:11:00 P.M. EASTERN. THE ENTIRE LANDING SEQUENCE IS AUTONOMOUS BOEING THE LANDER IS IN CONTROL OF EVERY MILESTONE REQUIRED FOR A LUNAR LANDING OPPORTUNITY. GARY. >> COMPLETING A SOFT TOUCHDOWN.

COMES WITH CALL LENGTHS UNIQUE TO SAY LANDING ON THE EARTH OR MARS BECAUSE THERE IS NO ATMOSPHERE. >> GARY ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PLAY BOOK AS WE HAVE SEEN THIS SITUATION PLAYOUT TODAY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE IM-1.

MISSION'S COMPLETE ARE A VICTORY APPROACH AS OF LA UNCH. A LUNAR LANDER. >> THE LANDERS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG AND WHAT IS BELOW THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT IS ON A MINIATURE SCALE SIMILAR TO WHAT THE ALOCAL PROGRAM IS.

>> THEY EM1 FLIGHT PATH NEARS THE HISTORICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF APOLLO, TOO. CELEBRATING WITH THE SEPARATION ON A DIRECT SHOT AT THE MOON. >> THAT TRAJECTORY IS BASICALLY LIKE THROWING A FASTBALL, THAT IS GOING TO HIT THE MOON SIX OR SEVEN DAYS LATER LIKE OUTFIELDER.

STRETCHING OUT TO GRAB IT. THE FIRST FOUR DAYS ARE DECADED TO FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN HOUSTON FIRING THE LANER'S D PRINTED LIQUID METHANE AND OXYGEN ENGINE TO MAKE SMALL COURSE ADJUSTMENTS TO HIT THE ORBIT TARGET AROUND THE MOON. THIS PARTICULAR ORBIT SYSTEM IS.

CALLED THE B PLAIN. >> THE B, THE BACK BOARD OF A BASKETBALL. YOU BASICALLY KNOW WHEN YOU SHOOT HOOPS IF YOU CAN GET THE BASKETBALL IN THE SQUARE ON THE BACK BOAR, IT IS GOING TO GO IN. THE B PLAIN IS VERY MUCH THE SAME THING.

>> WITH THE B PLAIN ON TARGET, IT IS PREPPED FOR CRITICAL AUTONOMOUS MANEUVER ON THE MOON'S FAR SIDE. THIS CRITICAL BURN MANEUVER IS COMPLETED IN THE LINED WITH THE MOON BLOCKING DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS BACK TO NOVA CONTROL IN HOUSTON.

>> ONCE WE GET AROUND THE MOON, WE HAVE ON THE DAY SIDE OF THE MOON, THE SUN HEATING US FROM ONE SIDE, AND REFLECTED INFRARED LIGHT OFF A BRIGHT MOON WARMING US IN ANOTHER THEN WE PLUNGE INTO NIGHT THEN WE ARE COLD ON BOTH SIDES. >> ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE LANDING.

FLIGHT CONTROLLERS COMMAND DECENT ORBIT INSERTION OR DOI, THIS IS MAIN ENGINE FIRING TO SLOW THE SPACECRAFT SO ITS ALTITUDE DROPS FROM 100-KILOMETERS TO 10-KILO MANUFACTURERS ABOVE THE LUNAR SURFACE. AFTER DO AYE, IT COSTS FOR ABOUT.

AN HOUR BEFORE STARTING THE FINAL APPROACH. >> THEN, WE REACH A POINT CALLED TOWER DECENT INITIATION. THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM ONBOARD MAKES DECISION TO ACTIVATE THE MAIN ENGINE VERY CLOSE. >> CAMERA AND LASERS ARE FEEDING INFORMATIONS TO THE LANDER'S.

NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS WHICH PROVIDE GUIDANCE, AND A HALF IS GOING AND CONTROL, WITH A SAFE SIGHT IDENTIFIED ASH ENTERS A THREE-METER PER SECOND DECENT THEN DOWN TO ONE METER PER SECOND FOR THE LAST TEN METTORS THE LUNAR SURFACE. NOW THE LANDER IS MEASURING.

WHICH IS SIMILAR TO HUMAN INNER EAR THAT SENSES ROTATION AND ACCELERATION. FLIGHT CONTROLLERS EXPECT ABOUT A 15-SECOND DELAY BEFORE CONFIRMING THE ULTIMATE MILESTONE SOFTLY LANDING ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. I CAN TELL YOU JUST FROM DOING.

OUR SIMULATIONS, THAT IS THE LONGEST 15 SECONDS YOU WILL EVER EXPERIENCE AS YOU WAIT FOR THE FINAL LIGHT TO TURN GROWN TO INDICATE YOU HAVE LANDED ON THE MOON. >> APPROXIMATELY 16 MINUTES BEFORE THEND LAKING OPPORTUNITY RAILROAD WE ARE GOING TO SHOW.

THIS ANIMATION OF THE LANDING SEQUENCE TO DESCRIBE THE LANNER'S AUTONOMOUS OPERATION STARTED WITH POWER DECENT INITIATION OR PDI. DURING THIS MANEUVER, IT MUST REDUCE THE VELOCITY BY APPROXIMATELY 1800 METERS PER SECOND YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS AS.

A BREAKING PHASE THEN, THE LANDER PITCHES UPRIGHT USING THE MAIN ENGINE WITH THE HAZARD RELATIVE NAVIGATION OR HRN NOW BEING FED BY NASA'S NDL SENSORS FACING TOWARD THE AREA WHERE THE LANNER INTENDS TO TOUCHDOWN. AT THIS POINT, HRN WILL AUTONOMOUSLY SCAN THE INTENDED.

LANDING SITE FOR A SAFE LANDING AREA. THEN, THE LANNER'S GUIDANCE AND A HALF IS GOING AND CONTROL SYSTEM COMMANDS TO APPOINT APPROXIMATELY 30 METERS ABOVE THE DESIGNATED LANDING SITE AND THE LANNER GOES A VERTICAL DECENT FOLLOWED BY TERMINAL.

DECENT. INTUITIVE MACHINES CREATED NOVA-C FOR THE ECLIPSE INITIATIVE AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISEZ WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING A LUNAR ECONOMY. NOVA VC IS THE FIRST AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT AND STANDS FOR NEW AND CS THE ROMAN NUMERAL FOR 100.

IF HE LANNER'S APPROXIMATELY PAYLOAD CAPACITY WITH THAT LET'S LARN MORE ABOUT THE NOVEMBER VA C CLASS, LUNAR LANDER. THIS IM-1 MISSION LANNER IS NAMED MOM NOMINATED BY TEST ENGINEER MARIO ROMERO AFTER THE ODYSSEY AND THE EPIC VOW AME ACROSS THE WINDING DARK SEA.

INCLUDING LANDING GEAR IT IS 4.6 METERS WOWED AND THE SOLAR ARRAY IT IS .3 MOTIERS IN THROUGHOUT AND TALLER DESIGN THAT ACOME ADULTS PAY LED AND THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE LANDING CONDITIONS AND THE 1.6-METERS WITH PAYLOADS AFFIXED TO THE ENTIRE LANDING MAKING 130-KILO.

GRA GRAHAMS. THE LANDER WEIGHS 75-KILOGRAMS BUT PACKS ON WEIGHT WHEN LOADED WITH FUEL. IT USES COMPOSITE HEALIAM TANKS TO PRESSURIZE THE LIQUID OXYGEN MAIN ENGINE THAT CAN THROTTLE DOWN TO PER FOM THE FINAL TEE.

CENT TOP THE LUNAR SURFACE IN ONE CONTINUOUS BURN. INTUITIVE MACHINES IM-1 MISSION IS SUPPORTED INITIATIVE. WHICH ALOES RAPID ACQUISITION OF LUN LUNAR DELIVERY SERVICES FROM AMERICAN COMPANIES. THE INSTRUMENTS CRONE BOARD ADVANCE CAPABILITIES FOR.

SCIENCE, EXPLORATION, AND THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOON. COME COMPANIES WERE CHAL LEPPED TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN WAY TO DESIGN AND FAB DATE A LUNAR LANDER AND CONDUCT OPERATIONS. FOR THIS COMMERCIAL MISSION INTUITIVE MACHINES ELECTED TO.

SUPPORT THE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE SPACECRAFT AND NOVA CONTROL THROUGH THE OWN PRIVATE GROUND BASED NETWORK. IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME INTUITIVE MACHINES USED THIS NETWORK IN DEEP SPACE. THAT IS RIGHT, GARY. NASA WORKED WITH INTUITIVE.

MACHINES TO PERFORM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION OF THIS CAPABILITY ON THE NASA'S ARTEMIS 1 MISSION. WHICH HELPED US VERIFY THE NETWORK FOR OPERATIONAL USE DURING THIS ECLIPSE MISSION. THE LUNAR DATA NETWORK OR LDN USES GROUND BASED NETWORKS. AND COULD LOSE SIGNAL ON THE FAR.

SIDE OF THE MOON HOWEVER THE TRA CROCKERY OF THE LANNER'S LOW LUNAR ORBIT DOES ALLOW FOR CONTINUOUS LAND OF SITE WITH EARTH COVERAGE AND HEAD OVER TO LEAH CHESHIRE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS NETWORK. LEAH? LEAH: THANKS SO MUCH.

I AM HERE WITH THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SPACE SYSTEMS. THE LONAR DATA NETWORK THIS IS A PRIVATE DEEP SPACE NETWORK THAT BELONGS TO INTUITIVE MACHINES. HOW DOES IT DIFFER TO ARE THIS COMMISSIONER HI AVA ILABLE SPACE MET WORK AND HOW IS THAT.

DIFFERENT FROM THEISM'S DEEP SPACE. WE WERE TRYING TO FIND A WAY WE COULD GET THE DATA TAT FROM THE LANNERS BACK TO THE EARTH. WE WERE WORRIED THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK WHICH IS OVERPRESCRIBED NOW.

THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIMITED TIME. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE CREATED A NETWORK OF LARGE DISHES ACROSS THE PLANET. THAT ALLOW US TO TAKE OUR DATA FROM THE MON AND DELIVER IT DOWN TO THE EARTH. >> WE TESTED THIS OUT. HOW DOES INTUITIVE MACHINES WORK.

THAT OUT IN THE YES. WE WORKED WITH NASA TO ALLOW US TO TEST OUR NETWORK NOT ONLY WITH ARTEMIS AT 430,000-KILOMETERS, BUT ALSO THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER AS WELL AS THE GO SATELLITE. OK. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OVERALL FOR.

INTUITIVE MACHINES? HOW DO YOU WANT TO — HOW DO YOU WANT TO EXPAND THIS LDM COVERAGE? WE BELIEVE THAT AS THE MARKET EXPANDS AT LUNAR DISTANCE, MANY PEOPLE WILL NEED THE CAPABILITY TO SEND DATA BACK PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE OPERATING SPACECRAFT.

ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE MOON. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A RELAY SATELLITE SO WE'LL PUT RELAY SAT LIES IN ORBIT TO THE GROUND BASED SYSTEMS WHICH ARE AGAIN LARGE LARGE DISHES ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND BY DOING THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY CREATE A MARKET FOR THAT DATA.

SYSTEM FROM LUNAR'S PACE. OK. IT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT HAS GONE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NETWORK? >> IT IS REALLY EXCITING. WE HAVE BEEN USING IT THIS WEEK AS WE — ONCE WE LAUNCHED OD INTO SPACE.

INTO SPACE AND WE ARE TAKING TO IT THE MOON. WE HAVE BEEN USING THIS NETWORK, THAT WE TESTED WITH NASA SYSTEMS FOR THE WHOLE WEEK AND IT HATS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE IT WORK AND SEE IT IN ACTION. WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO WITH IT.

WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL SATELLITES TO THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN RELAY DATA BACK FROM THE MOON, BUT WE THINK IT IS THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY AND LUNAR SPACE. >> THANKS SO MUCH. IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THIS IN ACTION.

AND WE ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL TO CONFIRM DEORBIT INSERTION SO WE'LL SEND IT BACK OVER TO JOSH AND GARY TO FOLLOW ALONGING WITH THE OPERATIONS. >> THANK YOU, LEAH. THAT INFORMATION FEEDS TO INTO NOVA CONTROL'S COMMUNICATION AND.

GROUND NETWORK SCREENS. IT IS JUST ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT SCREENS THAT ARE USED BY THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS AND WE WANT TO BRING YOU CLOSER IN INTO THE MISSION AND INTO OUR MISSION OPERATION CENTER. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT FLIGHT CONTROLLER TEAMS ARE SEEING NOW.

THIS PARTICULAR SCREEN IS CALLED THE DEORBIT DECENT AND LANDING OR DDL SCREEN. THIS SCREEN IS PRIMARILY USED BY THE MISSION DIRECTOR AND LANDING SYSTEM EXPERTS. IT IS USED PRIMARILY WHILE NOVA-C ORBITS THE MACHINE AND THROUGH LANDING.

THE TOP RIGHT IMAGES OF THE MOON ARE CALLED LUNAR TACTICAL VIEW WHERE THE DOTS TURN RED, THE LANNER OS IN THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON. GREEN IS ON THE NEAR SIDE. THE LINE IS THE TAIL WHERE NOVA-C IS. WITH EACH DOT REPRESENTING TEN.

MIMINUTE EVER ELAPSED TIME THE ACCELERATION SENSED PORTION OF THE SCREEN SHOWS RAW VALUES FROM NOVA-C'S MEASUREMENT UNIT AND MORE ROBUST WAY OF MEASURING ASELL RIGS OVER TIME WITH THE ABILITY TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT HAPPENED FOR SOME REASON FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HAVE LOST DATA.

FINALLY, THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT IS A RECEIVED ACCEPTED EDITED AND FAILED PRECHECKED OR CHART FOR SHORT. WHEN EACH OF THESE LINES ARE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, THAT IS A GOOD INDICATION THAT NOVA-C'S NAVIGATION SYSTEM IS IN GOOD HEALTH.

THAT IS BECAUSE EVERY MEASUREMENT NOVA S MAKES MUST BE RECEIVED, ACCEPT CRITICAL STEPS INCLUDING ACTIVATION OF NAVIGATION DOPPLER LIDIR TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, CONTROL FOR THE LANDING PHASE. THIS IS ACCEPTED AROUND 4:45 P.M. CENTRAL TIME.

THOUGH NEXT KRILL CAT MILESTONE IS POWER DECENT INITIATION AT 5:00 1:00 P.M. CENTRAL. THIS BURN IS THE FIRST IN A SEQUENCE OF MANEUVERS THAT STARTS 12 MINUTES MIRE PROKER TOND LAKING OR 50 MINUTES FROM NOW. NOVA-C IS OF COURSE LANDING ON.

THE MOON AS A DELIVERY TRUCK FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS ONBOARD. THERE ARE 12 TOTAL PAYLOADS SIX OF WHICH ARE NASA'S. LET'S REVIEW A FEW OF THOSE AS WE CONTINUE TO DESCEND TOWARD THE LUNAR SURFACE.

FIRST IS RADIO OBSERVATIONS EVER THE PHOTO SHEATH. IT WILL OHM PLOY FOUR ANTENNAS IN A LOW FREQUENCY RADIO RECEIVER SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE DENSITY AND THE SCALE HEIGHT OF THE SHEATH A VERY THIN LAYER OF ELEN TRONS BO OF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON AND DETECT RADIO.

EMISSIONS FROM JUPITER, DUST IMPACTING THE SURFACE OF THE MOON, AND HOW RADIO NOISY EARTH IS. >> AN EXCITING RADIO TELESCOPE IS GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE MOON. >> IT IS RADIO WAVE OBSERVATION INTERESTS THE SHEATH THAT IS.

GOING TO DETECT ALL KINDS OF RADIO EMISSION THAT IS FALLING ON THE MOON. RIGHT NOW, IT IS CLOSE TO MAXIMUM SO THE SUN IS PRODUCING RADIO EMISSION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM. WE CAN DETECT RADIO BURSTS FROM THE SUN.

CATEGORIZATION OF THE RADIO ENVIRONMENT OF THE MOON IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. THEREFORE THEY WILL BE WITH ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE AND IDENTIFYING VARIOUS SORTS OF THE SUN IF YOU ARE SETTING UP ON THE MOON, YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU CAN GET.

THERE. >> IT ENABLES PRECISION LASER RANGING WHICH IS A MEASUREMENT OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ORBIT OR LANDING SPACECRAFT TO THE REFLECTER ON THE LANNER. LRA IS A PASSIVE OPTICAL INSTRUMENT THAT WILL FUNCTION AS A PERMANENT LOCATION MARKER ON.

THE MOON FOR DECADES TO COME. >> THIS IS A LITTLE MIRROR THAT IS AIMING AT YOU ALL THE TIME REGARDLESS OF WHAT WHICH YOU ARE LOOKING. >> I AM A LIDIR SCIENTISTS. IT IS A SMALL REFLECTOR AND ALUMINUM SHELL ON THE MISSION LANDERS.

IT REFLECTS RIGHT BACK AT YOU. THE PURPOSE IS TO HAVE A MARKER ON THE LANDER TO SERVE AS A LANDMARK FOR FUTURE MISSIONS IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LAND THERE. >> STEREO CAMERAS FOR LUNAR PLUME SERVICE STUDIES OR SCALPS WILL USE A SUITE OF FOUR CAMERAS.

TO CAPTURE STILL IMAGE DATA TAFF THE DUST PLU ME CREATED BY THE LANER'S ENGINE WHEN IT BEGINS THE CREE DECENT TO THE LUNAR SURFACE ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH ENGINE SHUTOFF. >> AN ARRAY OF SMALL CAMERAS PLACED AROUND THE BASE OF THE.

LUNAR LANDER TO COLLECT IMAGERY DURING THE DECENT AND LANDING OF THE VEHICLE. WE CAN USE THOSE IMAGES TO RECONSTRUCT A 3D SHAPE OF THE GROUND AS LANDER COMES DOWN, ITS HOT ENGINE PLUMES WILL INTERACT WITH THE SURFACE OUR CAMERAS WILL BEGIN ACQUIRING IMAGES.

BEFORE THIS BEGINS UNTIL AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS LANKED ON THE SURFACE. THE SCALPED CAMERAS WILL BE LOOKING AT THE OVERALL CRATER FORMATION AND EROSION OF THE GROUND DUE TO THE ROCKET PLUMES THE FINAL STEREO IMAGES W HICH.

WILL BE STORED ON A SMALL ON BOARD DATA STORAGE UNIT WILL BE DOWNLINKED TO EARTH WHERE WE CAN USE THEM TOLL RECON TRUCK THE OVERALL EROSION VOLUME AND SHAPE OF THE GROUND. WITH THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM WE PLAN TO E STABLISH A SUSTAINED LUNAR.

EXPLORATION AND TRY TO LAND MULTIPLE PAYLOADS IN CLOSE PROX IM TOY TO ONE ANOTHER. DATA WILL BE A RITE CALL PART IN IMPROVING THE MODELS TO INFORM THE FUTURE LANDINGS. >> RFMG IS A FUEL GAUGE USED TO MEASH FLOOR THE AMOUNT OF PROPEL ENT IN SPACECRAFT TANKS IN A LOW.

GRAVITY SPACE ENVIRONMENT USING SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FRMG WILL MEASH FLOOR THE AMOUNT OR MASS OF CRYOGENIC PROPELLABLE IN THE OXIDIZER TANKS PROVIDING DAD DATA TO HELP REDICT FUEL USAGE ON FUTURE MISSIONS. >> I AM GREG, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR THE RADIO.

FREQUENCY MASS GAUGE PAYLOAD. THIS INSTRUMENT IS A SPACE-AGE FUEL PAG WE ARE ABOUTING TO USE IT TO MEAS URE THE AMOUNT OF CRYOGENIC PROPELLABLE THE NOVA-C LANDER PROPELLANT TANKS THESE PROPEL ENTS ARE CODE. THEY ARE ABOUT MINUS 300 DEGREES.

FAHRENHEIT NOW INTEGRATING THE INSTRUMENT ON ACTUAL LUNAR LANNER FUTURE LUNAR MISSIONS LIKE THOSE EVERYBODY THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM WILL LIKELY ALSO USE CRYOGENIC PROPEL ENTS RAN TO STORE THOSE ROW PELL ENS IN SPACE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME SO HAVING INSTRUMENT LIKE THIS,.

THAT CAN MEASURE THE PROPELLANT EN THE TANKS OF LOW GRAVITY WILL HELP FUTURE LUNAR MISSIONS KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK AT ALL TIMES. >> NOW WE'LL DISCUSS TWO MORE AND THE LUNAR NODE 1 OR LN 1:00 LATER IN THE BROADCAST WE VERY A SPECIAL GUEST LATER IN THE.

BROADCAST TO TALK NDL UPON ACT VASE DURING ECENT AND SOME OF THE PROCESSING OF THE OPTICAL IMAGES FROM MDL ARE ALREADY PERFORMING THEY DID CHECKS AND PERFORMING WELL. THE COMMON TIME YOU WILL FIND ON IM-1 IS HELPING TO DEMONSTRATE TECHNOLOGIES AND UNDERSTANDING.

OF THE LUNAR LANDSCAPE THAT COULD VERY WELL IMPROVE OPERATIONS FOR LANDING ON THE MOON IN THE FUTURE. FROM UNDERSTANDING THE ENVIRONMENT TO PRECISION SENSORS TO LITERAL BECKONS THE TECHNOL ON IM-1 WILL HELP GUIDE OPERATIONS FOR FUTURE LUNAR.

EXPLORATION. >> GARY, WITH ECLIPSE AS A SPRINGBOARD OF INNOVATIONS INTUITIVE MACHINES DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED THE COMPLETE LUNAR PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPORT ECLIPSE AND CARRY OUT THE ESSENTIAL PART OF THAT DIRECTIVE WHICH INCLUDED CALLING FOR THE COMMERCIAL.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOON. BACK IN 2018 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DECLARED THINK MOON A STRATEGIC INTEREST. AT THAT TIME, FEW COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS WERE WORK ON PAYLOAD'S DESIN FOR THE MOON. BECAUSE NO ONE HAD BEEN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE IN OVER 50 YEARS.

GARY IN THE TIME IT TAKES TOGET UNDERGRADUATE DECOMPOSITION COMMERCIAL ENTITIES CREATED PAYLOADS FOR THE IM-1 MISSION. WE'LL VIEW ALL OF THEM AS PIONEERS HELPING SHAPE THIS BRAND NEW LUNAR ECONOMY. >> JOSH A TRUE LUNE OAR ECONOMY SHOULD NOT HAVE NASA AS A.

CUSTOMER. NASA ECLIPSE INITIATIVE ENCOURAGES A MOD WHERE NASA IS ONE OF MANY CUSTOMERS AND THIS IS IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO ENSURE THAT THIS MODEL OF TRANSPORTING INCREDIBLE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTRUMENTS TO THE LUNAR SURFACE IS A SUSTAINABLE.

AND ROBUST ONE. WELL, IT IS IMPORTANT, GARY, IT IS ALSO PROMISING IN THATION THE COMMERCIAL INTEREST FOR DELIVERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUES TO GROW. AS OF OUR THIRD PLANNED MISSION, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE.

NON-ECLIPSE PAYLOADS FROM BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE DRIVING US TOWARD A FUTURE MAYBE COMPLETELY COMMERCIAL MISSION TO THE MOON POSSIBLY AS SON AS THE FOURTH MISSION. SO WELL, EVEN ON IM-1, THERE IS A VARIETY OF UNIQUE COMMERCIAL.

PAYLOADS. IT IS A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF OUT OF THE BOX WAYS TO THINK OF WHAT THE MOON CAN OFFER. >> THAT IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE BEYOND CREATING THE CAPABILITY TO LAND ON THE MOON SAFELY. WE HAD TO LOOK TOWARD A NEW EMERGING IDEAS AND FIND.

INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ADD VALUE ON EARTH AND SPACEFLIGHT. LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE PAYLOADS AND THE LUNAR LANNER ATTEMPTING TO MAKE HISTORY ♪ ♪ >> MOVE VA C WAS OUR VERSION OF THE LANDER AND WE WENT ABOUT.

IMAGINING THAT INTO EXIST. >> INTUITIVE MACHINES IS NOVA-C CLASS 3D PRINTED ENGINE TOOK THE FIRST BREATH OF LIQUID METHANE AND LIQUID OXYGEN IN 2018 ON THE AIRSTRIP AT ELLINGTON AIRPORT IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. >> WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A FACILITY WITH BLACK WALLS,.

AND WATER SUPPRESSION OR WATER DELUGE, SO WE HAD TO TEST OUTSIDE IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF HOUSTON WHERE THE TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 100 DEGREES AND THE HUMIDITY IS LIKE THE SAME. AND WE ARE HAVING 18-HOUR DAY ROLLING OUT THOUGH RUNWAY, IT WAS BRUTAL.

BUT WE DILT TO GET THE CRITICAL TEST DATA WE NEEDED. DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED, CONTROLLED IN SPACE BY IN NEWTIVE MACHINES NOVA-C'S STRUCTURE IS CARBON COMPOSITE. WE NEEDED TO BUILD A LIGHTEST WEIGHT STRUCTURE WE COULD. THAT MEANT HONEYCOMB CORP WITH.

COMPOSITE FACE SHEETS AND COMPOSITE STRUTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LINERLESS COMPOSITE PROPELLANT TANK. MAN WHAT A CHALLENGE THAT WAS. BETWEEN THE IN GINS SOFT WHICH ARE AND ELECTRONICS REQUIRED TO BUILD A NOVA-C LUNAR LANDER IT TOOK AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF.

TOUCH LABOR TO GET LAUNCHPAD. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO CREATE A CERTIFICATION COURSE FOR TECHNICIANS WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE THE CERTIFICATIONS WE THEN WOULD GIVE THEM INTERNSHIP ANTES THEMSELVES OUT IN THE WORKPLACE. ANYONE THAT SHOWED THE GOOD TECH.

INS IN WE HIRED ON THE SPOT. NEARLY ALL OF THE LUNAR LANDER'S PAYLOADS ARE MOUNTED TO THE EXTERIOR INCLUDING SIX SASS SA PROVIDED PAYLOADS TO HELP LAY THE FOUNDATIONS FOR ARTEMIS MISSIONS. THE EAGLE CAM DESIGNED TO DEPLOY OFF NOVA-C BEFORE LANDING TO.

TAKE THIRD PERSON PERSPECTIVE IMAGES THE INTERNATIONAL LUNAR ASSOCIATION'S CAMERA SYSTEM MOUNTED AT ANGLES THAT COULD CAPTURE IMAGES OF THE MILKY WAY IN THE LUNAR SERVICE THE DATA CENTER BY LOAN STAR DATALE HOINGS THEN HEAT INFINITY AND SPORTS WEAR THERMAL INSULATION.

USED IN MANY OUTDOOR ROD UCT DIDS WILL HELP PROTECT FROM EXTREME TEMPERATURESP SPACE. THEY GOT BRILLIANT IDEAS IF'S CAN HELP FACILITATE THOSE START-UPS, TO HELP BUILD THE ECONOMY, I THINK THAT RAISES ALMOST AND AS SERVING AS THE TRANSPORTATION THOUGH THE MOON,.

WE ARE HAPPY TO ACCUMULATE THOSE KIND OF COMPANIES. >> HOW THE CUSTOMERS REQUIRE COME MACHINE AND CONTROL INTO SPACE. THE MISSION OPERATION CENTER PROVIDES BOTH OF THOSE ELEMENTS CALLED MOVE VA CONTROL NOVA BEING THE NAME OF THE LUNAR.

LANDER CLASS AND CONTROL BOEING THE NERVE CENTER THE ENTIRE LUNAR PROGRAM AND UNIQUE CIRCULAR DESIGN FOSTERS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE FLIGHT CONTROLLER AND CUSTOMERS MAJOR AGILE DECISIONS. LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK. YEAH.

INSIDE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM, JOSH. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY TEAMS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN IN THIS ROOM OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS THIS IS STAFFED 20-INSIDE NOVA CONTROL HERE. THERE IS RED, WHITE AND BLUE TEAMS TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION.

GARY THE MISSION REQUIRED 24-7 OPERATIONS OR SOMEWHERE IN-BETWEEN THEth AND 8th DAY. THIS IS THREE TIME! TEAMS WORKING EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS WHICH REALLY TURNED INTO JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY WORKING 16 HOUR SHIFTS EACH.

IN ADDITION, THERE IS ANOTHER TEAM THE GOLD TEAM THAT IS RUNNING PROBLEMS AND SOLVING SOLUTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE AT THIS MOMENT, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING A DYNAMIC SITUATION USING TWO OF NDL'S LASERS TO FEED TO THE HRN AND TRN CAMERAS TO PROVIDE A.

LANDING SOLUTION EVERYONE EVERY ASSET AVAILABLE OUT OF THE TEAMS IS ON HAND RIGHT NOW TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. AND TAKE THE BEST SHOT AT THE MOON WE CAN. >> IT REALLY TOOK A TEAM. AS YOU MENTIONED A GIGANTIC SITUATION.

NOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THIS ROOM FOST ERING THAT COLLABORATION. IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I AM USED TO AT THE FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM WHERE WILL YOU HAVE CONSULTS THAT ARE FACING TOWARD L.

ARM SCREENS. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE LOGIC BEHIND THIS DESO IN. >> WE WANTED TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER. INTO WHERE WE ARE A SMALL COMPANY. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF US. AGUILTY IS OUR STRONG SUIT I IN.

THE SITUATION. THIS ROOM REALLY SUITED US. THE SITUATION WHERE WE CAN PUT THE PAYLOAD CUSTOMERS IN SIDE OF THE CENTER OR LET'S SAY WE NEED TO BRING OPERATORS WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE NOT QUITE TOUCHED.

ON AS A TEAM. BUT YOU CAN INSERT THOSE FOLKS INTO THE CENTER OF THIS ROOM MAKE QUICK DECISIONS RESPOND TO PROBLEMS AND THAT IS REALLY THE WAY WE SEE TACKLING THE HARDEST CHALLENGENESS THE WORLD AND CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW FOR US THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST CHALLENGES.

ON THE MOON MOST CERTAINLY. WHICH WE ARE SEEING ABSOLUTELY. I TAKES EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES LIKE WE SEE WITH ANY SPACECRAFT SOME OF THESE EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS PROVIDES IN SIGHTS INTO A SPECIFIC SPACECRAFT SUB SYSTEM.

THE CAPTAIN OF THIS WHOLE THING IS USUALLY THE MISSION DIRECTOR IN THE CASE THIS IS BLUE TEAM. THAT IS DR. TIM CRANE. HE IS THE COFOUNDER. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER SERVING AS MISSION DIRECTOR TODAY. NOW FLIGHT CONTROL OPERATORS CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOVA-C'S.

PERFORMANCE. OPERATION ALLEY, WE ARE COUNTING DOWN AT 5:11 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. LANDING AT A AT 5:24 P.M. MARE THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON FOR MORE ON A, LET'S HEAD OVER TO LEAH CHESHIRE. LEAH. LEAH: THANKS.

I AM NOW HERE WITH BEN BUFFY INTUITIVE MACHINES CHIEF SEE YOUIANstS TO TALK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BEN IF. GREAT TO BE HERE. >> NOW TELL ME ABOUT THE LANDING SITE. WHY IT WAS CHOSEN? WHAT SETS IT.

PART. >> THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR WAS TO FIND A GOOD SAFE SITE TO LAND WHEN LANDING IN HIGH TERRAIN NEAR THE POLES AND THAT CAN BE — THAT WAS FUN CHALLENGE FOR THE TEAM, BUT WE THINK WE FOUND A GOOD LARGE SAFE AREA FREE OF BOLDERS AND CRATERS AND THE.

OTHER KEY FACTOR WAS TO TRY TO LAND IN THE SOUTH POLE REGON OF THE MOON. YOU KNOW, NASA THROUGH THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS WOULD BE SENDING HUMANS TO THE MOON SO THE GOAL WAS TO FIND SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH POLAR REGION AND WE.

SORT OF THINK OUTSIDE OF THE RIM IS ONE OF THE GOLDLY GOLD DY LOCKS LOCATION TO GET THE DATA THEY WANT TO GET. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT LUNAR HIGHLAND MATERIAL? THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE A TO BE COMPOSED OF. WHAT IS IN REALLY INTERESTING.

ABOUT THE LUNAR HIGHLANDS? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOON YOU WILL SEE, YOU WILL SEE BRIGHT AND DARK REGGONS THEN THE DARK REGGONS ARE OLD VOLCANIC FLOWS THE BROUGHT REGIONS ARE MOUN TAINTS OR THE HIGHLANDS WHICH ACTUALLY REPRESENT THE ORIGINAL FOUR AND A HALF BILLION YEAR.

CRUST OF THE MOON SO INTERESTING THEY ARE ALSO THE SAME GEOLOGY THAT THE CREW WILL VISIT. AND SO, SO WE WANT TO GO AND GET THE FIRST DATA OF THE HIGHLANDS NEAR THE POLES AND SO WE HAVE ONE OF THE INSTRUMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE IS SCOUTS, AND SO THE STEREO CAMERA FOR LUNAR PLUME.

STUDIES AND SO, SO THAT CAMERA WHICH IS FOUR VIDEO CAMERAS WILL IMAGE T HE DUST OF THE HIGHLAND TERRAIN RIGHT BEFORE WE LAND SO WE WILL LEARN HOW IT BEHALF AS LANNERS COME DOWN SO WE START TO PUT THINGS NEAR THE POLES WE THE HOW FAR WE HAVE TO LAND.

WE KNOW THERE ARE AREAS NEW COULD BE LIGHTING AND COMMUNICATIONS THEN TERRAIN ITSELF SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT EK AT A. >> YEAH AS YOU GET CLOSE TO THO POLLS. IT BECOMES CHALLENGING. >> ABOUT 400-KILO MERES WE THINK.

THAT IS A GOOD LOCATION BECAUSE IT IS THE CLOSEST TO THE POLE ANYONE HAS LANKED BUT FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE CHOSE AND SIGHT WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE EARTH ALL THE TIME WHICH IS ONE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS BEING A KEY CHALLENGE. WHERE IM2 THE SECOND MISSION.

LATER THIS YEAR WILL GO EVEN CLOSE FOR THE POLE FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THENGS THIS WE CAN STUDY IS HOYLE WE SEE THE EARTH ALL THE TIME. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANT TO KNOW IS HOW IT IS WHEN THE EARTH IS CLOSE SO THAT IS ONE. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

HERE TODAY. THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE NOW. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO JOSH AND GARY TO TALK ABOUT THE LANDING SEQUENCE. >> THANKS,EE. A CRATER ONLY 300 KILOMETERS FROM THE THE MOON'S SOUTH POLE.

THE SITE IS NAMED AFTER CHARLES MALI PERT, A 17th CENTURY BELLIAM ASTRONOMER THE AREA AROUND THE LANDING SITE IS BELIEVED TO BE MADE OF HIGHLAND MATERIAL. SIMILAR TO A POI APOLLO 16'S LANDING SITE. APOLLO 16 WAS THE FIRST APOLLO.

MISSION TO VISIT THE LUNAR EYE HI R HIGHLANDS. THEY BELIEVE THE HIGHLANDS OFFERED IN SIGHTS INTO THE MOON'S EARLY HISTORY THE LANDING SITE TURNED OUT TO BE A SOURCE OF RICH SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION. A LARGE SAMPLE OF ROCK WAS RECOVERED FROM WHICH SOLIDIFIED.

MORE THAN 4 MILLION YEARS AGO DURING THE MOON'S FORMATION WHEN THE OUTER REGION WERE STILL MOLTEN THE IM-1 MISSION IS CARRYING NASA PAYLOADS TO BETTER CHARACTERIZE THE SCIENTIFIC LANDING SITE FOR FUTURE ARTEMIS MISSIONS. >> GARY, WE WERE TAR GERTING.

FROM NAS, A THE LUNAR IN THE REGION OF THE NEAR SIDE OF THE MOON. THE DECISION TO MOVE FROM THE ORIGINAL LANDING SITE WAS BASED ON THE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TERRAIN COMMUNICATIONS NEAR THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE. WHICH IXEDED TO BE MADE UP OF.

1078 OF THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR SUSTAINED HUMAN PRESENCE ON THE MOON LANDING NEAR MALIPERTA WILL HELP TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO SEND DATA BACK TO EARTH FROM LOCATION THAT IS LOW ON THE LUNAR HORIZON. >> NOW WE ARE COMING UP ON THE NDL ACTIVATION WE HAVE MORE.

INFORMATION ABOUT HOW INTUITIVE MACHINES FLIGHT CONTROLLERS INTEND TO LAND ON THE MOON USING THE NDL, THE NAVIGATION DOPPLER LIDIR. >> GARY, SINCE CHOOSING TO ORBIT THE MOON ONE MORE TIME THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RESOLVE A CHALLENGE WITH THE LASER RANGE.

FINDERS ACINNED TO THE HAZARD RELATIVE NAVIGATION CAMERAS THOSE PROVIDE LANDING SOLUTIONS. THE LASERS ARE INTENDED TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE AND HORIZONTAL VELOCITY BUT THE WITHIN ON THE LANNER RIGHT NOW ARE NOT WORKING.

>> THESE ARE ESSENTIAL MEASUREMENTS REQUIRED TO LISTENED ON THE MOON. WHILE NOVA-C'S LASER RANGE FINDERS ARE NOT OPERABLE. NASA'S NAVIGATION LIDIR SENSORS. SO DURING THE LA ST TWO-HOUR ORBIT FLIGHT CONTROLLERS HAVE.

BEEN LOADING SOFTWARE PATCH AND RESETTING THE LANDER'S GUIDANCE CONTROL SYSTEM TO USE TWO LASER BEAMS FROM NASA'S NAVIGATION DOPPLER LIDIR AS PRIMARY NAVIGATION SINCORS TO LAND. >> THAT IS RIGHT. WE ARE AM DO! COMING OUP IN THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN NOVEMBER ARE A.

C IS ABOUT TO BEGIN THE ACTIVATION OF NDL. THIS IS A THREE-STEP PROCESS FROM POWERING ON BECOMING READY FOR OPERATION ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER THEN INTEGRATING THOSE SENSORS WITH NOVA-C'S TER ARE IN AND HAZARD RELATIVE NAVIGATION CAMERAS AHEAD OF NOVA-C LANDING.

SO WHILE WE WAIT, LET'S LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT NDL. >> SO THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM HAS TAKEN NASA BACK TO THE MON AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES THERE. INCLUDING THE IN STREWMENTS AND PEOPLE. IT MUST BE FLOWN AS SAFELY AND LANDED THERE PRECISELY.

SO THIBLE LAKING PHASE OF THAT SO THE LANDING FACE IS THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECTS. IT IS AN INSTRUMENT OUTED TO ENABLE THAT CAPABILITY THAT USES LIGHT IN THE SAME THAT SONAR USES SOUND. FOR NDL, LIGHT WOULD COME OUT OF THE TELESCOPE AT THE MOON'S.

SURFACE AND THE LIGHT WOULD BE REFLECTED BACK. THESE TELESCOPES ARE MOUNTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE SO YOU GET A CLEAR VIEW OF THE GROUND AS IT IS COMING TO A LANDING. IN THE APOLLO ERA, LARGE RADARS, OR ASTRONAUTS USING THEIR EYES.

LOOKING OUT OF THE VIEWPOINT, WERE USED TO HELP LAND THE VEHICLES. NDL WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE BURNED OFF THE CREW FOR MUCH SMALLER LOWER POWER AND MORE ACCURATE IN VO INSTRUMENTS. >> AND WE JUST GOT UPDATE FROM ONE OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLLINGERS.

AT THE HRNTRN CAMERAS EYE SIGNED TO NOVA-C NOMINALLY PROCESSING IMAGES USING TWO OF THOSE NDL LASERS QUITE THE FEAT GARY. SO YEAH. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND VERY IMPORTANT MILESTONE TOURISM. NOW LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY IS PLAYING.

ACTIVE ROLE IN THIS DYNAMIC SITUATION AND HEAD OVER TO LEAH CHESHIRE. >> LEAH? LEAH: THANKS SO MUCH, GARY. I AM JOINED BY NASA DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMIN STRIT FOR THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE.

THANK YOU. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NOVEL LANDING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS N THERE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US. YEAH. ONE OF THE CHALLENGE FOR DOING ANY SPACE MISSIONS IS KNOWING.

WHERE YOU ARE AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT UT, RIGHT? WE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP NEW AND NEWER CAPABILITIES WITH HE DOON THAT PRECISE LOY AND TAKE UP LESS VOLUME AND MASS. SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE AVAILABLE PAYLOAD MASS FOR INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER THINGS WE.

ARE TRYING TO DO SO THIS IS NEXT GENERATION OF A NEW CAPABILITY WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GO FROM THE TRADITIONAL MEASUREMENTS USING RADAR TO A LASER-BASED SYSTEM. SO THAT IS WHAT THIS NAVIGATION DOPPLER LIDIR WILL BE DOING TO GET THE VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS IN.

THE LATERAL DIRECT AS WELL AS THE VERTICAL DIRECTION. WHEN IT COMES TO NDL, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES WE EXPECTK TO SEE WHEN USING THIS TECHNOLOGY. >> SO WE TESTED IT ON THE GROUND IN A NUMBER OF PLATFORMS FROM HELICOPTERS TO LANDERS HERE ON THE SURFACE ON THE EARTH TO TEST.

THIS OUT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GOING TO TEST IT IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT IN THE LUNAR SURFACE. RIGHT. WE WILL SEE HOW THAT DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT WILL AFFECT THE SYSTEMS RIGHT.

AND SO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE HOW THE PULSE COMES BACK AFTER THE LASER AND HOW IT REFLECTS BACK TO THE SYSTEM AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO PROCESS AND HOW IT WILL HELP DEFOON THE SOLUTION TO FIGURE OUT THE TRA CROCKERY TO GO DOWN TO THE LANDING ON THE.

SURFACE. NOW THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE CRITICAL FOR TODAY'S MISSION SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW MDL IS NOW BEING USED IN TODAY'S LANDING? >> RIGHT. SOL WE PUT THIS AT THE TECH DOME ME THE TECH DEMONSTRATION AS A.

TEST RIGHT. WE WERE NOT PLANNING TO USE IT IN LINE WITH THE ACTUAL MISSION COMING DOWN THE LANDING BUT NOW, WE ARE. SO BASICALLY, IT IS NOW THE PRIMARY SYSTEM TO HELP PROVIDE THE VELOCITY AND ALTITUDE INFORMATION SO THAT THE LANNER.

CAN LAND SAFELY ON THE SURFACE. THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS THE LANNER COMES DOWN. WE DON'T WANT IT TO TIP OVER AND SO WE NEED TO GET UNDERSTANDING OF THE VERTICAL VELOCITY SO IT KNOW HOUSE MUCH THRUST TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE IT COMES DOWN SIDEWA.

CAR, THE GAS STANK TO YOU CAN MEASURE IT EASY IN SPACE. IT FLOATS SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT TO KNOW HOW MUCH THERE IS. THEN THE OTHER ONE IS SCALPS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ADDS IT LANES THE THRUST IS GOING TO THROW UP ALL THE EJECT OF THE LUNAR. SO WE HAVE FOUR STEREO CALM AS.

THERE ARE GOING TO TAKE IMAGES OF THAT AND GET DATA SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE MODELING. SO THAT IN THE FUTURE LANDINGS WE CAN MAKE THEM SAFER AND THINGS, SOB WE ARE USING THAT AZTEC HOL LE GY DEMONSTRATION AS WELL TO IMPROVE FUTURE LANDINGS TO MAKE IT SAFER.

YOU. REALLY EXCITING STUFF AND FOR NOW WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO GAR RAIN YOSH. THANKS, LEAH. NOVA-C IS LESS THAN 5 KILOMETERS FROM THE LUNAR SURFACE AND 20 MINUTES TO POWER DECENT INITIATION A CRITICAL MANEUVER.

THAT MARKS BEGINNING OF THE FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE TOUCHING DOESN'T ON THE LUNAR'S SURFACE IT IS NO SECRET THAT LANDING ON THE MOON IS CHALLENGING COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE A ATTEMPTED THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT SOME SUCCESSFUL AND SOME NO NOT OF COURSE THE UNITED STATES HAS.

LANDED ON THE MOON MANY TIMES MOST NOTABLY DURING THE APOLLO PROGRAM. BUT THIS MAY BE THE FIRST LANDING BY U.S. COMMERCIAL COMPANY ENABLED UNDER NASA ECLIPSE INITIATIVE AHEAD OF THE IMPORTANT MILESTONES LET'S DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES OF.

LANDING ON THE MOON THROUGH ECLIPSE. TAKE A LOOK. >> LANDING OB THE MOON IS HARD. WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK. WE ARE GOING TO BE SENDING HUMANS TO THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE APOLLO SO AHEAD OF HUMANS WE WANT TO GET UP AS MUCH.

SCIENCE EXPLORE RIGS AND TECHNOLOGY OAKS FOR PLOR RACIAL AND EXPERIMENTS AS POSSIBLE SO ECLIPSE HAS THE THINGS WE WANT TO LEARN. ECLIPSE STANDS FOR COMMERCIAL PAYLOAD SERVICES. >> THE SERVICES PART IS THE KEY ELEMENT.

ORDINARILY WHEN NASA DELIVERS A PAYLOAD TO THE SURFACE. IT'S THE MOON, THEY DO IT WITH THE COMMERCIAL PART ANOTHER, BUT NASA CONTROLS THE VEHICLE. NOW, THE SERVICE OF THE DELIVERY OF THE LUNAR PA YLOAD TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

IT IS A DELIVERY SERVICE. IT CAME TO A DELIVERY SERVICE THAT YOU HAVE HERE ON EARTH. >> NASA WILL PROVIDE PAYLOADS TO A COMMERCIAL COMPANY. THEY DECIDE HOW TO GET IT TO THE MOON. THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN LANDER BUT HAVE TO MANAGE THE.

ENTIRE END TO END MISSION THAT IS MEANT TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE RAPID FREQUENT ACCESS TO THE LUNAR SURFACE THROUGH AMERICAN COMPANIES. >> WE ARE FUNDING DIFFERENT COMPANIES. WE HAVE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES THAT ARE COMPETING TO WIN TASK.

ORDERS TO DELIVER THE PAYLOADS TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. ONE OF THE GOALS WHEN WE STARTED ECLIPSE WAS TO HELP ESTABLISH A LUNAR ECONOMY. SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT FIRST. THEN IT BECOMES COMMISSIONERLY AVAILABLE AND THEN ARE ABLE TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE SO THE.

LUNAR SURFACES THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT? >> BUT WE HAD TO AC ONLY IN UPFRONT THROUGH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE AGE NCY LEADERSHIP THAT COME WILL FAIL. THESE MISSIONS MAY NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS TRADITIONAL NASA.

MISSION. WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE RISKS THAT GOING THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES THAT THERE COULD BE SOME FAIL OARS. SOME OF THEM NEW COMPANIES. NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER LANDED ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

SO THEY ARE GOING TO LEARN LESSONS WHEN YOU GIVE T HEM THE ABILITY TO LEARN. THAT WILL HELP GUIDE DONE THE RISKS AS THE COMPANIES LARN, OK. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ACTUALLY BUILD UP THE LUNAR LAND ARE AND INNOVATE AND GET TOT THE LUNAR.

SURFACE AND LAND SAFELY. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THEY HAVE VERY, VERY GOOD TECHNICAL DEPTH A IN THE ABILITY TO DESIGN AND EXECUTE MISSIONS WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE MORE SHOTS? AM WE ARE NOT RISKING HUMAN LIFE.

IN THE BIG PICTURE, IF WE ARE FLYING MISSIONS AT ONE-TENTH OF A COST OF NASA AND WE FAILED TWO OF THEM. WE STILL GET EIGHT FOR THE SAME PRICE. EVEN WITH ONE OR TWO OR THREE FAILURES, THIS IS STILL AL VERY ECONOMICAL PROPOSITION.

IT IS A RISK WHICH IS MORE RISK TOLERANT THAN NASA'S ACCUSTOMED TO. IT IS NO AT SINGLE ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT IS WILLING TO BET THE MISSION ON A COIN TOSS EVERYONE IS DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO HAVE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MISSION POSSIBLE BUT THE.

IMPORTANT THING TO REALIZE RISK DOES NOT MEAN RISKY THE REWARDS ARE LONG TERM ABILITY TO GET PAYLOADS TO THE MOON. INEXPENSIVELY. FREQUENTLY, RAPIDLY. WE WANT SCIENCE SO WE THEN CAN PUT MORE RESOURCES ON EVEN MORE SCIENCE EXPLORATION AND.

TECHNOLOGY PAYLOADS. AND GET MORE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN WE GET TO THE MOON. ECLIPSE PROVIDES TREMENDOUS BENEFIT ACROSS THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES. THERE IS A LOT WE WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THE MOON TO HELP.

HUMAN HABTITION AND PREPARE FOR MISSIONS TO MARS AND BEYOND. THE MOON IS THE FIRST STEP. >> THE TEAMS HERE AT MOVE VA CONTROL HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS TO TAKE US THIS FAR. AND OUR LATER FOCUSED ON THE OPERATIONS OF NOVA-C STARTING.

WITH THE POWER DECENT INIT TIATION. FOR NOW, WE ARE HEADING BACK TO OVER TO LEAH CHESHIRE WHO IS STANDING BY WITH NASA'S ASSOCIATE AD TESTING >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE VALUABLE SCIENTIFIC INSIGHT FROM.

THE MOON. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR NASA? AS WE GET PREPARED TO SEND ASTRONAUTS THERE. WE CAN USE THE WATER THERE. IT'S REALLY GREAT. WE CAN BREAK IT UP INTO HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN USE IT FOR FUEL. REALLY GREAT FOR US.

SUSTAINABILITY. BUT ALSO, THE WHERE THEY ARE GOING IS ONE OF THE OLDEST REGIONS OF THE MOON ABOUT 3.85 BILLION YEARS OLD. WE CAN LEARN ABOUT WHAT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM WAS LIKE BEFORE LIFE STARTED. WE CAN DO SOME AMAZING SCIENCE.

>> I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT. ANY FINAL WORDS? >> JUST THANK YOU. LITERALLY THANK YOU. THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM. THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THE SCIENCE AND THE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTS ON WITH US.

THANK YOU TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LANDER. THANK YOU TO SPACE. IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT, BIG BUND OF EMOTION. GO NASA. >> I'M WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

NOW WE'RE FOLLOWING INTUITIVE MACHINE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. BACK TO JOSH AND GARY. >> THANKS A LOT FOR THAT. DURING THAT INTERVIEW FOR FOLKS AT HOME, WE DID HEAR THAT THERE WAS A MANEUVER TO BURN ATTITUDE. WHICH MEANS THE LANDER STARTING TO MAKE THE POSITIONAL.

REQUIREMENTS NEEDED. WE'RE GOING TO START LISTENING TO THE IM1 CHANNEL. WE JUST HEARD FROM FLIGHT CONTROLLER ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. >> UP TO 10 KILOMETERS. >> TIME OF IGNITION. WE'RE INSIDE OF FIVE MINUTES. THIS IS CRITICAL 11 MINUTE BURN.

TO SLOW THE LATERAL VELOCITY. WHILE WE'RE IN THAT INTERVIEW, WE DID HEAR THAT THE MAIN ENGINE WAS COMPLETED. WE'RE LISTENING IN THE LIVE CHANNEL THERE. >> A LOT OF HAPPENING IN NOVA CONTROL. LOTS HAPPENING, JOSH.

WE HAVE THIS 11 MINUTE BURN. WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE PROPULSION ELEMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPACECRAFT CAN USE A TECHNOLOGY CALLED TERRAIN RELATIVE NAVIGATION. >> WE KNOW THAT WE NEEDED TERRAIN RELATIVE NAVIGATION. WE WERE COMING DOWN TO LUNAR.

SURFACE. THIS INVOLVINGS TWO PIECES. YOU HAVE A CAMERA AND YOU HAVE A LASER RANGE FINDER. AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, THE LASER RANGE FINDER THAT INTUITIVE MACHINE IS NOT OPERATING. IT'S THE CHALLENGE OVER TIME.

ABOUT TWO HOURS, WE ELECTED TO DELAY THAT ORBIT AND GO INTO ANOTHER ORBIT. THAT'S WHY THE SHOW WAS LITTLE BIT LATER. last callouts were talking about beginning processing optical images. THAT WAS NOMINAL THE LIST TIME.

WE HEARD THAT WAS 20 MINUTES. >> THE UPDATES ARE ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE PERFORMANCE. THE FOLKS YOU SEE ON YOUR VIEW, THIS IS NOVA CONTROL. THEY ARE MONITORING ALL THE DATA COMING FROM NOVACY AHEAD OF PDI. IT'S 5:11 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. WHAT ARE THESE FOLKS LOOKING AT?.

>> EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT THEIR ASSIGNED SCREENS. ALL OF THEM ARE TAYLOR MADE. FOR THEIR TASK. YOU HAVE SPARK LOOKING AT ELECTRONICS, THINGS LIKE HOW HOT ARE THE ELECTRONICS, PAYLOADS ARE MONITORING DIFFERENT PARTS AND PIECES.

FIVE DEGREES LEFT UNTIL BURN ATTITUDE. THE VEHICLE GETTING READY FOR THE PDI IGNITION WE EXPECT IN TWO MINUTES. EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT THEIR SCREENS AND DOING THEIR RESPECTIVE JOBS AND REPORTING UP IN THE MISSION DETECTOR OR.

DIRECTOR IS KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH EVERYBODY. THESE ARE STEPS LEADING TOWARDS PEI. WE EXPECT THAT TO TAKE ABOUT 11 MINUTES. >> APPLY PRESSURE. 90 SECONDS UNTIL WE BEGIN THAT PROPULSION MANEUVER.

AFTER THAT WE'LL SEE A LOT OF EVENTS IN RAPID SUCCESSION. >> PROPULSION SYSTEM, THAT FEED LINE IS PREPPED. GETTING READY TO GO INTO AN INJECTOR TO BLEND THOSE TWO PROPELLANTS AND HAVE IGNITION OF PDI. WE'RE TRACKING IN JUST UNDER A.

MINUTE, GARY. LANDER IS GETTING IN THE CORRECT ATTITUDE REQUIRED. ANOTHER CALL FOR PREP AND LIQUID OXYGEN IN PREPARATION FOR THIS PDI BURN. >> 15 SECONDS EXACT MODE. >> WE'RE TRACKING LITTLE LESS THAN A MINUTE AT THE TIME OF.

IGNITION FOR POWER DISSENT INITIATION. >> WE HEARD MAIN STAGE IGNITION. THAT'S COMING FROM THE PROP CONSOLE. GNC CALL ON GOOD CONTROL. WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE GOOD COMMUNICATIONS THE LANDER IS SENDING THAT BACK TO FLIGHT.

CONTROLLERS IN NOVA CONTROL. GARY, SOMETHING WE PREPARED FOR, WE PLANNED ON IS LOSS OF COMMUNICATION. THIS IS AN AUTONOMOUS LUNAR LANDING. >> IT IN CONTROL AND MAKING THE DECISIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE SOFT LANDING.

WE HEARD CALLOUTS ABOUT FULL THRUSTS NOW. THERE'S THE ABILITY TO THROTTLE THAT THRUST. WE'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE DISSENT AS FUEL TANKS CONTINUE TO UNLOAD. >> INFORMATION MIGHT BE JUST A BIT STALE.

>> PART OF THE REASON WE'RE SHOWING IN ANIMATION, JOSH. THIS IS NOT TO — TELEMETRY DRIVEN. THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED TO AUDIO LOOPS. WE'RE RELYING ON THE DATA THAT'S BEING SET TO NOVA CONTROL. >> THAT DATA IS GOING INTO THE.

FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE VEHICLE'S ATTITUDE. YOU HEARD THEM TALKING ABOUT MOVING TO A BURN ATTITUDE. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE EXPECT NOVACS DOING NOW. TRYING TO BRING ACCELERATION.

DOWN. THERE'S STEPS THAT INVOLVES PITCHING OVER THE LANDER. WE HEARD THE MANEUVER TO BURN ATTITUDE FOLLOWED BY GIMBLE CHECK OUT. THEY'LL USE THAT GIMBLE TO PITCH THE LANDER OVER AND START VERTICAL DISSENT.

IT MAY ADD A FEW SECONDS AND WE ARE INTENDED TO LAND AROUND 17:24. THAT'S 5:24 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. LITTLE BIT OF LOSS COMMUNICATION DURING THIS PROCESS. >> THAT COMMUNICATION IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT. PART OF THE REASON, WE'VE BEEN.

STRESSING IS THE AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS OF NOVA-C. AFTER IT PERFORMS THAT PITCH OVER MANEUVER. >> THAT WAS THE CALL THAT WE WERE WAITING FOR. THAT WAS OUR MAJOR PROBLEM WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN THIS DYNAMIC SITUATION, GETTING THOSE IMAGES.

PROCESSED FROM HRN CAMERA AND TRN CAMERA. WE HAD TO REACH IN THE TWO LASER BEAMS FROM NDL, FIGURE OUT A PATCH IN LUNAR ORBIT JUST ABOUT TWO HOURS. SOUND LIKE WE'RE GETTING GOOD READINGS FROM THOSE IMAGES. WE ALSO HAPPEN TO HEAR 400.

SECONDS REMAINING. THAT WAS COMING FROM FLIGHT DYNAMIC. >> EXCELLENT CALLS TO HEAR. HAZARD RELATIVE NAVIGATION WILL BE USED. IT ALLOWS NOVA-C TO MAKE DECISIONS IN AN AREA THAT CALCULATES THE TERRAIN TO MAKE.

SURE THAT IT'S LANDING IN A SAFE LANDING ZONE. >> WE FINISHED UP PDI. WE HAVE TO USE THAT HAZARD RELATIVE NAVIGATION. A CRITICAL TOOL IN ORDER TO LAND ON THE MOON TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. THERE'S NO HUMAN ELEMENTS.

DECIDING, I SEE THE HAZARD, I NEED TO STEER THIS WAY OR PRESS THE GAS. THIS ALL HAPPENS AUTONOMOUSLY. GREAT CALL OUT TO HEAR ABOUT THE HRN CAMERA SYSTEM AND PROGRESSIONSING THOSE IMAGES. I'M TRACKING 5:16 P.M. WE EXPECT PDI TO GO UNTIL ABOUT.

5:21. >> 300 SECONDS BREAKING ONE. >> WE'RE ABOUT 300 SECONDS TO PROXIMATE THOSE NUMBERS. >> VERY PRECISE. >> FOLLOWING ALONG AFTER THOSE CRITICAL MANEUVERS, 90% THRUST. WE'LL HEAR THOSE CALLOUTS PERIODICALLY.

FULL THRUST 90%. GOOD PERFORMANCE ON THAT ENGINE. >> THAT'S A GREAT CALLOUT. TWO THINGS THERE. NOMINAL PERFORMANCE ON THIS ENGINE AS WELL AS HELIUM TANK. IN ADDITION, IT'S ALSO USED FOR REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. THOSE ARE THE SMALL SPURTS THAT.

YOU SEE ON THE TOP OF THE LANDER ANIMATION THAT CONTROL THE VEHICLE'S ATTITUDE. FOR THINGS LIKE LANDING ON THE MOON. YOU WANT TO LAND WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. THAT WAY YOUR ANTENNAS ARE FACING BACK TO EARTH.

YOU CAN GET THAT ULTIMATE CONFIRMATION ONCE YOU DO SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE LANDED ON THE MOON. >> THE ANTENNA ALIGNMENT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF LANDING ON THE MOON. WE'RE EXPECTING THE ANTENNAS TO BE POINTING TOWARDS EARTH.

THERE MAY BE A DELAY. >> WE ARE EXPECTING SOME SORT OF DELAY. I TALKED TO MISSION DIRECTORS HOW QUICKLY WE CAN RECEIVE POSITIVE CONFIRMATION AFTER THE LANDING PROCESS WAS THROUGH. THERE WAS SOME DISPUTE OVER HOW LONG THE EARLIEST WAS ABOUT 15.

SECONDS AFTER WE SEE TIMING OF WHEN THE EVENT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. WE'RE TRACKING ABOUT 5:24 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. MAY BE ANYWHERE FROM 15 SECONDS AFTER THAT. MIGHT BE FEW MINUTES WHILE WE WORK TO ACQUIRE THAT SIGNAL.

THE LANDER IS GOING TO A GENERAL AREA. NINE KILOMETERS ALTITUDE CALLED IN THE LANDERS GOING INTO A GENERAL AREA. THIS IS THE GENERAL AREA. IT'S USING THAT HAZARD NAVIGATION TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT THIS IS AN AREA.

WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SLOPE. THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S FREE OF BOULDERS AND OTHER OBSTACLES. IT'S MAKING AUTONOMOUS DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE TO GO. THREE MINUTES CALL. JUST TO WRAP THAT UP, WHEN THE LANDER IS MAKING THOSE DECISIONS, IT'S ALSO VERY.

DIFFICULT TO TRACK. WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TRACKING COMMUNICATIONS TO THIS POINT. >> WRAPPING THAT UP, THREE MINUTES. THAT BRINGS UP JUST SHY OF 5:22 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. WE SHOULD HEAR THAT THE POWER.

DISSENT INITIATION BURN IS COMPLETE. THEN WE'LL BEGIN THE NEXT SERIES OF MANEUVERS TO GET US TOWARDS VERTICAL AND TERMINAL DISSENT. >> WE DID GO INTO THIS BURN EXPECTING PITCHER OVER AT 5:51. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, PDI STARTS IN ENGINE BURN THAT DOES.

NOT STOP UNTIL LANDING. THIS IS A THROTTLE LIQUID METHANE OXYGEN ENGINE. WHEN WE DO GET OUT OF PDI, WE HEAR THAT CALL OF PDI COMPLETE, GOOD BURN. THE TIME IT TAKES TO GO FROM PITCH OVER TO LANDING OR WHAT WE ESTIMATE LANDING TO BE, JUST.

LOOKING AT MAYING 90 SECONDS IS WHAT WE EXPECT NOMINALLY. THERE'S SOME WIGGLE ROOM. THREE MINUTES TOUCH DOWN CALL FROM THE MISSION DIRECTOR. >> FOR ON TIME LANDING THAT SETS US LITTLE AFTER 5:23 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. >> NOTES GOING IN THIS BURN,.

5:23:25. >> THE AUTONOMOUS OPERATION SETS THIS A CLOCK. WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK. >> EXCELLENT CALL OUT. FLIGHT CONTROLLERS WORKING HARD ON TO MAKE SURE HRN IS WORKING AND PULLING ON EXTRA RESOURCES THAT WASN'T ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

FOR FROM NDL. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT SOLUTION IS WORKING. THE CLOCK WAS TICKING AS WE WENT INTO THAT EXTRA LUNAR ORBIT. IT WASN'T THE SITUATION WHERE WE CAN SIT TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS INDEFINITELY. >> TWO MINUTES TO TOUCH DOWN.

THAT REQUIRED A PATCH ON THE GROUND AND UP LINKED TO NOVA-C. >> THAT'S FLIGHT DIRECTOR OFFICER SHAWN STEWART ON BLUE TEAM. SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOME DATA THAT CONFIRMS PITCH OVER. THIS STARTS HDA PROCESS, THAT'S HAZARD DETECTION.

AVOID. >> WE'RE USING TWO LASER BEAMS FROM NDL AND FEEDING THAT IN THE HAZARD DETECTION AVOIDANCE DECISION. LESS THAN ONE MINUTE REMAINING FOR TOUCHDOWN. >> THAT'S THE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN. IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO CONFIRM.

THE STATUS OF THE LANDER. >> WE HAVE A DEPLOYMENT OF EAGLE CAM ATTEMPTING TO TAKE THE THIRD PERSON IMAGES OF NOVA-C GOING DOWN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE. WE'RE INSIDE ONE MINUTE. >> WE'RE TRACKING THE BROADCAST BOOTH, THE CLOCK REACHED THE EXPECTED — THERE IT IS.

WE REACHED THE EXPECTED TIME OF LANDING. NOW IS THE PROCESS OF WAITING FOR COMS. WE'RE IN STANDBY MODE AS YOU HEARD FROM MISSION DIRECTOR DR. TIM CRAIN. ONE MINUTE THAT LAPSE FROM ORIGINAL BURN STARTING AT PDI.

WE'RE GETTING THE GROUND STATIONS KNOCK ON TO NOVA-C. AS WE APPROACH ALMOST TWO MINUTES SINCE WE ESTIMATED THE LANDING TIME. WE DID GET A FULL CALL OUTS ON THE SIDE. FOLKS SAYING THERE WAS ABOUT A TWO MINUTE FORGIVENESS IN OUR.

TIMETABLES. CHECKING ANTENNA RECEPTION. WE'RE STANDING BY AS WE APPROACH 5:26 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. GIVEN THOSE MISSION DIRECTOR'S NOTES OF THE FLEXIBILITY BETWEEN WHAT WE WERE TRACKING WHAT WE WERE GIVEN WAS ABOUT 5:24. >> WE CONFIRM THE LAST.

INFORMATION YOU HAD. WE'LL DETERMINE THIS IS A COM OUTAGE. >> THAT'S THE MISSION DIRECTOR. THESE ARE THE NOTES WHAT WE BELIEVE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE COM OUTAGES. THIS IS THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE LAST BIT OF DATA.

THAT CAME INTO NOVA CONTROL AND WORKING TO VERIFY, OKAY, THIS IS THE LAST BIT OF DATA. WHERE WAS THIS LANDER POSSIBLY GOING AND HOW DO WE ESTABLISH THOSE COMMUNICATIONS. NOVA-C USES FOUR ANTENNAS PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE LANDER THAT ARE DESIGNED TO CAPTURE THESE.

COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION CHALLENGE IN IT AND OF ITSELF. WE'RE STANDING BY TO HEAR THAT COMMUNICATIONS CALL OUT. >> JUST LITTLE MORE THAN THREE MINUTES FROM THE TIME OF WHEN THE CLOCK REACH ZERO FOR NOVA-C LANDING ON THE MOON.

>> WE CHECKED WITH OUR TEAM HERE IN THE BROADCAST BOOTH. LET'S STAY ON IT. ALL THE CHATTER WE'RE NOT HEARING ON THE CHANNEL. WE ARE WORKING TO A POSSIBLE COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE IN THIS MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND.

BY. >> LOOKING FOR STATES. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CYCLE THE GROUND TRANSMITTER AND DO SOME SWEEPS. IS THAT YOUR PLAN? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> ROGER, COPY. >> IF WE COUNTER COMMUNICATIONS.

CHALLENGE, WE MENTIONED HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO LAND ON THE MOON AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS. YOU HEARD FOLKS TALKING ABOUT USING GOON HILLY EARTH SPACE LIMITED DISH IN THE U.K. TO DO A SWEEP LOOKING FOR THAT SIGNAL. WE TALKED ABOUT THE AUTONOMOUS.

PROCESS. WE HEARD THAT THE HRM CAMERA WAS FUNCTIONING AFTER TWO HOUR ORBIT OF PROBLEM SOLVING. WITH THE TRN AND HRN CAMERA. THE LASER RANGE FINDERS WERE NOT ACTIVATED. WE WENT TO NASA AND ASKED TO USE TWO OF THE LASER BEAMS ON THE.

NAVIGATION. >> SPENT TWO HOURS IN ORBIT. >> WE GOT GOOD REALINGS — READINGS ON THE WAY DOWN. WE'RE WORKING TO CONFIRM COMMUNICATION AROUND THE MOON. THE SOUTH POLE REGION OF THE MOON. >> WHAT WE DO KNOW POWER.

COMMUNICATION. WE'RE COUNTING DOWN THE CLOCK TO A LANDING TIME OF 5:23 P.M. CENTRAL TIME. JOSH DESCRIBED THOSE PROCESSES OF WORKING ON THE COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENT TO CONFIRM DATA FROM THE LANDER, PULSING THE TEAM SURROUNDING HIM TO CHECK THE.

STATUS OF NOVA-C AND THE DATA THEY ARE RECEIVING HERE AT NOVA CONTROL TO CONFIRM LANDING. PART OF THAT IS COMMUNICATION. WE'RE STANDING BY. >> LOOKS LIKE WE HAD EXCELLENT PITCHING IN OUR CONTROL. COULD IT BE WE LANDED OFF ANGLE IN THE FINAL PHASE?.

>> I DO SEE 8-DEGREE EXCURSION ABOUT TO BEGIN THE ROLL MANEUVER WHICH IS TERMINAL PHASE TO GET TO THE LANDING ATTITUDE. >> TERMINAL PHASE BEGINS AT 30 METERS? 400 METERS. >> THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION CONFIRMING — TALKING ABOUT THE.

ATTITUDE OF THE LANDER, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ANTENNAS ARE WITHIN DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT WITH EARTH STATIONS. GROUND STATIONS ON EARTH. EXCUSE ME. THERE'S THE CALL SEARCHING FOR THAT COMMUNICATIONS BACK TO THE GROUND STATION.

THIS ONE IS IN THE U.K. THAT'S TRACKING US. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE AN ENTIRE NETWORK DEDICATED TO WORKING THESE COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS. IT'S BEEN ACTIVE THIS ENTIRE MISSION. THE LARGEST MOST POWERFUL DISH.

IS ABOUT 64-METER DISH IN AUSTRALIA. THAT TIME TO SEARCH WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LARGEST MOST POWERFUL DISH, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 12 TO 13 HOURS AFTER OUR ESTIMATED TOUCHDOWN. THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WE COULD BE SEARCHING FOR THE LANDER.

SIGNAL FOR CONFIRMATION. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN IN AND STAND BY AS OUR FLIGHT CONTROLLERS ARE WORKING WITH GROUND STATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO WORK THIS PROBLEM. IT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE. VERY SIMILAR TO THE CHALLENGE.

SOLVED JUST TO MAKE IT THIS FAR. >> WE HAVE A RETURN SIGNAL WE'RE TRACKING. >> WE HAVE SOME TIME HERE TO EVALUATE. WE DO HAVE SIGNAL THAT WE'RE TRACKING. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> GREAT CALL OUT ABOUT THE.

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS INSTALLED ON OUR NOVA-C LUNAR LANDER NAMED ODISSOUS. THE LANDER HAS SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO RECYCLE I WANTS ANTENNAS. IT WAS VERY SIMILAR WHAT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO DO AFTER ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL. IT WILL LAUNCH VEHICLE.

IF WE MADE IT TO CERTAIN POINT, THE LANDER WAS AUTONOMOUSLY PROGRAMMED TO START TAKING MATTERS IN ITS OWN HANDS. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. >> THE KEY HERE, JOSH, IS PATIENCE. IT'S 5:34 P.M. MISSION DIRECTOR TIM CRAIN.

SAYING IT COULD TAKE TWO PHASES TO CONFIRM. WE'LL STAND BY AND MONITOR AS NOVA CONTROL CONTINUES TO WORK THIS ISSUE. >> TENSE MOMENTS INSIDE OF MISSION CONTROL WITH THE MOST QUALIFIED FOLKS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAND.

BY. WE'LL KEEP THE CAMERA INSIDE NOVA CONTROL. >> WE'RE STILL STANDING BY. LAST CALL FROM MISSION DIRECTOR FROM DR. TIM CRAIN WE WERE GETTING FAINT SIGNAL FROM ODISSOUS ANTENNA. >> ALL STATIONS, THIS IS MISSION.

DIRECTOR ON IM1. WE'RE EVALUATING HOW WE CAN REFINE THAT SIGNAL AND DIALING IN THE POINT ODYSSEUS. WE CAN CONFIRM WITHOUT A DOUBT OUR EQUIPMENT IS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. CONGRATULATIONS IM TEAM. WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN.

GET FROM THAT. [ APPLAUSE ] >> AN EXCELLENT CALL FROM OUR MISSION DETECTOR. OVER TO OUR CEO. >> IF I CAN PASS ON FEW WORDS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM AND TO THE TEAM AND HERE IN THE MISSION CONTROL. WHAT AN OUTSTANDING EFFORT.

I KNOW THIS WAS A NAIL BITER. WE ARE ON THE SURFACE. WE ARE TRANSMITTING. WELCOME TO THE MOON. >> HOUSTON, ODYSSEUS FOUND ITS NEW HOME. >> EXCELLENT CALL AND THIS IS OUR TEAM OF INTUITIVE MACHINES MECHANICS WITH THEIR FAMILY AND.

FRIENDS. >> HOW ABOUT THAT CALL, GARY, THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE. A FAINT SIGNAL. NOW IT'S TIME TO WORK ON REFINING THAT SIGNAL. DR. TIM CRAIN MAKING THE CALL. ODYSSEUS HAS A NEW HOME. >> IT SHOWS THE DISCIPLINES OF.

THE FLIGHT CONTROLLERS IN NOVA CONTROL. THEY WAITED UNTIL THERE WAS CONFIRMATION. THAT WAS WHEN HE TOOK THE MOMENT TO CELEBRATE. WE SAW THAT IT WASN'T JUST THE INDIVIDUAL IN NOVA CONTROL THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE MISSION.

THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENABLE THE SUCCESS OF NOVA-C'S LANDING ON THE MOON STRETCHES FAR AND WIDE. WE SHOWED SOME OF THE FOLKS WATCHING THERE. IT EXTENDS FARTHER. WONDERFUL AND TRULY AMAZING MOMENT TO CELEBRATE. THE U.S. LANDED ON THE MOON ONCE.

AGAIN. >> TO EVERYONE YOU MENTIONED IT GOES BEYOND JUST THE FOLKS THAT WE SAW ON CAMERA WAITING AND WORKING THROUGH THE TENSE MOMENTS. THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND EVERYTHING IT TOOK TO GET TO THIS POINT.

WE'RE STILL EXPECTING AN IMAGE. WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO COME DOWN IN THE FUTURE. AS WE LOOK FORWARDS TO HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES. LET'S GO AHEAD AND — WE HAVE A MESSAGE WE LIKE TO CUT TO. CAN WE HAVE THAT MESSAGE SPECIAL FOR OUR FOLKS, OUR EMPLOYEES AND.

FOLKS WATCHING AT HOME. >> WITH NOVA-C LANDING, CONGRATULATIONS LIKE YOU SAID. JOSH, FLOODING IN THE TEAMS THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN. REALLY SETS THE TONE FOR THE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF A STRONG LUNAR ECONOMY.

HERE'S NASA ADMINISTRATOR, BILL NELSON. >> ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF A QUARTER MILLION MILE VOYAGE, A VOYAGE ALONG THE GREAT COSMIC BRIDGE FROM THE LAUNCH PAD AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO THE TARGET OF THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON, A COMMERCIAL LANDER NAMED.

ODYSSEUS, POWERED BY A COMPANY CALLED INTUITIVE MACHINES, LAUNCHED UPON A SPACEX ROCKET, CARRYING A BOUNTY OF NASA SCIENTIFIC AND INSTRUMENTS AND BEARING THE DREAM OF A NEW ADVENTURE. A NEW ADVENTURE IN SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND AMERICAN.

LEADERSHIP IN SPACE WHILE ALL OF THAT ACED THE LANDING OF A LIFETIME. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A HALF CENTURY, THE U.S. HAS RETURNED TO THE MOON. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY, A COMMERCIAL COMPANY AN AMERICAN.

COMPANY LAUNCHED AND LED THE VOYAGE UP THERE. TODAY S A DAY THAT SHOWS THE POWER AND PROMISE OF NASA'S COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS GREAT ENDEERING QUEST AT INTUITIVE MACHINES, SPACEX AND RIGHT HERE AT NASA.

WHAT A TRIUMPH. ODYSSEUS HAS TAKEN THE MOON. THIS FEAT IS A GIANT LEAP FORWARD FOR ALL OF HUMANITY. STAY TUNED. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ADMINISTRATOR NELSON. AGAIN, NOVA-C AND THE UNITED STATES HAS LANDED ON THE MOON AT.

5:23 P.M. CENTRAL TIME TODAY. FEBRUARY 22, 2024. CONGRATULATIONS TO INTUITIVE MACHINES ON THE SUCCESSFUL LANDING. SCIENCE AND DATA GATHERING IS UNDER WAY. WE'LL CONTINUE FOR ROUGHLY SEVEN DAYS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE.

ACTIVATING PAYLOADS AND GATHERING IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DATA. FOR MORE ABOUT THE CLIP'S INITIATIVE VISIT NASA.GOV/CLIPS. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO A SUCCESSFUL LANDING AND EVERYONE AT INTUITIVE MACHINES WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE.

THAT WILL WRAP UP THE COVERAGE OF IM-1 MISSION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

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