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Tom Engler speaks to members of the media and introduced one of the partners Moon Express Inc. of Moffett Field California.

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

Tom Engler, deputy director of Center Planning and Development at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks to members of the media during an event to announce the agency's Lunar Cargo Transportation and Landing by Soft Touchdown, or Lunar CATALYST, initiative and introduced one of the partners, Moon Express Inc. of Moffett Field, California. The event took place at Kennedy's automated landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, hazard field at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility.

Moon Express is developing a lander with
capabilities that will enable delivery of payloads to the surface of the moon, as well as new science and exploration missions of interest to NASA and scientific and academic communities. Moon Express will base its activities at Kennedy and utilize the Morpheus ALHAT field and a hangar nearby for CATALYST testing. The Advanced Exploration Systems Division of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate manages Lunar CATALYST. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

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  • Title: Tom Engler speaks to members of the media and introduced one of the partners Moon Express Inc. of Moffett Field California.
  • Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL
  • Owner: KSC
  • Album: cbabir
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