Nova

The ILO-X observatory mission carried by the Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander in February 2024 experienced a landing failure, landing on its side.

The 33-month CTOS mission will be designed and manufactured in-house at Galaxia’s facilities in Nova Scotia.

FibreCoat raised close to €20 million in a Series B round from NewSpace Capital, Goose Capital, Nova Saint-Gobain, 212 NexT, Otto Krahn New Business, Convergent Ventures and TiE.

Intuitive Machines successfully landed its Nova-C class lunar lander, Odysseus, on the Moon in 2024, marking the United States' return to the lunar surface since 1972.

Intuitive Machines flew its first Nova-C lander to the Moon in February on the IM-1 mission.

Intuitive Machines is developing a third Nova-C lander for the IM-3 mission that is undergoing vibration testing and has a mission window through early 2026.

Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander will deliver six payloads with a combined mass of 79 kg to the south polar region of the Moon in 2027.

More than 30 EXOpod Nova containerized deployers and CarboNIX ring-based separation systems will be utilized to support satellite deployment on Transporter-11.

Apex will use the Series B funding to accelerate production of its Aries satellite bus and to develop larger models called Nova and Comet.

Apex plans to start producing Nova buses in 2025 with two Nova buses expected to be completed and launched that year.

Intuitive Machines is developing a third Nova-C lander, IM-3, with a planned launch in 2025.

Intuitive Machines will upgrade communications, tracking, and landing systems on the Nova-C lander based on lessons from the IM-1 mission.

Parsons Corporation will supply NEBULA Operations – Vendor Architecture (NOVA) as Rocket Lab’s ground system to manage operations for its 18 SDA satellites.

Steve Altemus confirmed that only minor changes will be made to the Nova-C lander design for the IM-2 mission.

Intuitive Machines submitted a proposal to NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle program offering a rover delivered to the moon on the company’s Nova-D lander.

Exolaunch deployed the Transporter-10 satellites using eight EXOpod Nova deployers and 12 CarboNIX separation systems.

The Independence payload developed by Lonestar Data Holdings was delivered on Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Odysseus Nova-C lander mission.

EagleCam landed about four meters away from the Nova-C lander after being deployed on 2024-02-28.