{"id":55034,"date":"2024-02-13T09:34:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T09:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fe183a19-d847-498d-bb43-242f668ed2f0"},"modified":"2024-02-13T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T10:32:29","slug":"watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch NASA launch a radio telescope and science instruments to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch the live launch of a mission that could be the beginning of a new era of astronomy on the Moon. <\/p>

By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 13 February 2024 at 09:34 AM<\/p>

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A new mission to put a radio telescope and science instruments on the Moon is set to launch in the early hours of 14 February, and will be available to view live online via NASA TV.<\/p>

US space company Intuitive Machines is launching one of its Nova-C lunar landers no earlier than 00:57 EST (05:57 UTC) on Wednesday 14 February 2024.<\/p>

Watch live<\/strong><\/h2>
<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Odysseus IM-1 mission<\/strong><\/h2>The lander, named Odysseus as part of the IM-1 mission, is being launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>The Odysseus lander is a hexagonal spacecraft just 4 metres tall about 1.5 metres wide, with 6 legs and the ability to carry 100kg of payload to the surface of the Moon.<\/p>It is expected to land on the Moon on 22 February and carries NASA science and technology instruments, which include the ability to carry out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/space-science\/radio-astronomy-changed-view-universe\">radio astronomy<\/a> from the lunar surface.<\/p>It will also focus on plume interactions on the lunar surface and how space weather interacts with Moon dust.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission lunar lander ready for launch. Credit: SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>The launch and landing is also seen as a test of lunar landing capabilities as NASA seeks to return humans and more uncrewed landers to the Moon throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/space-missions\/nasa-artemis\">Artemis programme<\/a>.<\/p>The ROLSES (Radio-wave Observatory at the Lunar Surface of the Electron Sheath) instrument will be stationed on the near side of the Moon (the side of the Moon that always faces Earth).<\/p>While it will be able to carry out radio astronomy, it is also seen as a pathfinder experiment for future missions to put telescopes and observatories on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/space-science\/moon-far-side\">far side of the Moon<\/a>, away from radio interference and affording an unobstructed view of the cosmos.<\/p>Find out more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/odysseus-rolses-telescope-on-moon\">ROLSES telescope on the Moon<\/a>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the Odysseus lunar lander launch<\/strong><\/h2>You can watch the Intuitive Missions’ Odysseus lander launch on its way to the Moon via NASA TV.<\/p>Coverage starts on 14 February 2024 at 00:15 EST (05:15 UTC), with launch expected no earlier than 00:57.<\/p>Watch the launch via the livestream at the top of this page, or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA TV<\/a>.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch the live launch of a mission that could be the beginning of a new era of astronomy on the Moon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55035,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon.jpg",1024,537,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon-300x157.jpg",300,157,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon-768x403.jpg",768,403,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon.jpg",800,420,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon.jpg",1024,537,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/02\/watch-nasa-launch-a-radio-telescope-and-science-instruments-to-the-moon.jpg",1024,537,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Watch the live launch of a mission that could be the beginning of a new era of astronomy on the Moon.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/55034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}