How Alabama’s Marshall Space Flight Center is helping Artemis II’s moon mission

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LUCA (Lunar Utilization Control Area) at NASA Marshall is specially designed to support a wide variety of science operations on and around the moon – and beyond. Engineers in the LUCA monitored operations for the Lunar Node-1 experiment, an autonomous navigation payload that was part of the first NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) launch on Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander in 2024. NASA Marshall flight controllers are using the LUCA again for Artemis II to monitor science operations.

Twin control rooms at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville are actively supporting Artemis II’s lunar mission, helping ensure astronaut safety and mission success as the crew prepares to return to Earth on Friday.

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How Alabama’s Marshall Space Flight Center is helping Artemis II’s moon mission

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