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NASA leader calls Morehead State the ‘savior’ of recent lunar landing
DANIELLE SMOOT WASHINGTON — Morehead State University is being praised as the “savior” of NASA’s recent lunar landing. During a hearing April 17 on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson commended MSU for resolving critical communication challenges during the Odysseus robotic moon landing at the moon’s south pole.
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NASA administrator Bill Nelson speaks at MSU
MOREHEAD — NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was the keynote speaker Friday at the inaugural Appalachian Space Technology and Research Advancements Conference (ASTRA-CON). Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) introduced Nelson and announced that he requested nearly $10 million in funding for MSU satellite tracking operations in the next federal budget. Rogers said it is important to support
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MSU’s Lunar IceCube launches aboard NASA’s Artemis I moon mission
A piece of Morehead State arrived in outer space with the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft as part of NASA’s Artemis I mission in the early hours of Nov. 16. NASA launched the SLS, the most powerful rocket ever built, at 1:47 a.m. from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center
