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From humble beginnings sketched on a napkin in 2012, Intuitive Machines has grown into a diversified space exploration company focused on fundamentally disrupting lunar access economics.
Intuitive Machines, Inc. is an American space exploration company headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 2013 by Stephen Altemus, Kam Ghaffarian , and Tim Crain, to provide lunar surface access, lunar orbit delivery, and communication from lunar distance. [1]
Mar 21, 2024 · Intuitive Machines ’ second moon mission is still on track to launch before the end of this year, after the company only had to make minor adjustments to the lunar lander design, executives said...
Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on February 16, 2024. The images were captured shortly after separation from SpaceX’s second stage on Intuitive Machines’ first journey to the Moon under NASA’s CLPS initiative.
May 30, 2024 · Intuitive Machines also plans to launch six communications satellites into orbit around the moon, and aims to eventually land the 1.5-metric ton lunar rover that will be used by NASA’s Artemis...
Feb 15, 2024 · As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, Intuitive Machines’ first lunar mission will carry NASA science and commercial payloads to the Moon to study plume-surface interactions, space weather/lunar surface interactions, radio astronomy, precision landing technologies, and a communication and nav...
Jan 8, 2023 · Launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than mid-February 2024, the foundation of the mission is Intuitive Machine's Nova-C lander, which is a solar-powered hexagonal cylinder with six...
Feb 22, 2024 · Intuitive Machines has landed a spacecraft on the lunar surface, in a historic first for a private company. Flight controllers confirmed the landing at 5:23 p.m. CST, though the exact condition...
Feb 22, 2024 · The spacecraft, built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, took off from Florida last week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The IM-1 mission is one of several that NASA has purchased...
Feb 23, 2024 · An American company has made history by becoming the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon. Houston-based Intuitive Machines landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south...
