Its also launching an unidentified 16U satellite, managed by Exolaunch, thatll park itself in geostationary Earth orbit.
While the missions launch window opens on February 26, with blastoff ideally occurring at 7:17 p.m. NASA will be livestreaming the launch on itswebsite.
Alternately, you’re free to watch it at the livestreams below, courtesy of NASA Spaceflight.
Photo of a previous SpaceX Falcon 9 launch.© SpaceX
The companys Odysseus ended up getting one of its legs caught, causing it to tumble on its side.
While inside the crater, Grace will search for water and snap a few photos.
Another spacecraft will zoom towards the Moon, but it wont be stopping there.
Photo of Intuitive Machine’s Athena lunar lander. © Intuitive Machines
Astroforge, founded in 2022, is seeking to become thefirst company to mineasteroids for precious minerals.
For this follow-up mission, launching Wednesday, the company is decidedly more ambitious.
Its not clear when Odin might reach the asteroid.
If this mission fails, the fault lies with me alone, he added.
I was involved in the intimate details of every trade-off we madeand we made a lot.
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