NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Nova C (IM-1)

Launch Time
Thu Feb 15, 2024 06:05 UTC

For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, LC-39A returns to supporting Lunar missions

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $69.75 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Vehicles

Landing Zone 1

B1060

Flight #18
144 day turnaround
284th Falcon recovery attempt
271st successful Falcon recovery
18th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
199th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

Nova C

First of at least 3 robotic lunar landing missions by Intuitive Machine as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program. The lunar lander, named Odysseus, will fly 6 payloads for NASA and several others for commercial companies to near Malapert A crater near the Moon's south pole.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,931.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

2024

30th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

314th mission
14th mission of 2024
308th successful mission
280th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

300th mission
14th mission of 2024
297th successful mission
271st consecutive successful mission