UPCOMING: NASA is having a press conference after the premature shutdown of the Artemis I #SLS core stage during the final #GreenRun test, at 8 p.m. EST/in ten minutes. We will be covering and live-tweeting it under this tweet.
Lockheed is currently doing a webinar about the National Team's lander. Paul Anderson of Lockheed Martin commented, stating that the plan was to have a six-day Lunar mission, with "5-6 EVAs".
Lockheed has also donated an Ascent Element mockup to the @RocketCenterUSA.
Anderson also comments about an advantage of the National Team's lander's staged design, due to the ability to abort at any time with the independent ascent element. Furthermore, Anderson states there is a lot of common tech between Orion and the ILV.
Lockheed has been moving rapidly with testing the ascent module, including a full docking test in a simulated space environment just 5 months after contract. The Ascent Element uses common docking code with Orion, with Charity Duke, HLS GNC lead, calling Orion a "great headstart"
NASA Post-Launch conference for the Mars Perseverance Rover, thread:
Attendants:
Jim Bridenstine
Thomas Zurbucken
Glaze
Matt Wallace
Omar Baez, LD
Tory Bruno, ULA #Mars2020#CountdownToMars
Bridenstine: Launch was right on time, pinpoint accuracy, is "on its way to mars"
There's a communications issue, Bridenstine says "it's something we've seen before", "We're using the DSN to receive signals from Mars right now." DSN is very sensitive and made to capture faint signals. Mars 2020 is too close and much too strong, and we haven't been able to lock