Intuitive Machines is an American space exploration company that provides lunar surface access, payload delivery, and data transmission services. As a NASA CLPS partner, they design and build lunar landers like Nova-C to transport payloads to the Moon. Their customers include NASA, for whom they deliver science instruments and technology demonstrations as part of the Artemis program, and they are developing lunar data relay satellites. Intuitive Machines aims to commercialize the Moon through infrastructure and services.
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The next mission under CLPS is the IM-2 lander, launched by Intuitive Machines.
Intuitive Machines' IM-1 lander mission experienced a hard landing after damaging a landing leg.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission carrying the Athena lander on February 26.
Intuitive Machines was the first space company to successfully land on the Moon at 80 degrees South latitude at the Malapert-A crater on February 22, 2024.
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus spacecraft attempted its first Moon landing as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Jatan Mehta has covered Intuitive's upcoming Moon landing missions contracted by NASA under CLPS.
Intuitive Machines noted that its IM-1, IM-2, and IM-3 lander missions are considered 'loss contracts' due to costs surpassing expected revenue.
Intuitive Machines became the first to lunar land using cryogenic methalox engines and optical navigation.
Intuitive Machines is a key provider for NASA's crewed Artemis program.
Intuitive Machines recorded $22.8 million in combined losses for its lunar missions this year.
IM-1 was Intuitive Machines’ first NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Moon mission.
Multiple ISRO sources and a public talk by a program lead at ISRO’s spacecraft communications arm ISTRAC indicate that Intuitive Machines commercially used ISRO’s ground tracking support for IM-1.
A paper on orbit determination for IM-1 begins with the sentence 'Intuitive Machines (IM) recently met its goal of softly landing a robotic spacecraft near the south pole of the Moon'.
ISRO will provide commercial ground tracking support for Intuitive Machines’ second CLPS Moon landing mission, IM-2.
Intuitive Machines uses a global network of commercially availed ground stations for its Moon missions.
A published paper on IM-1's orbit determination opens by stating that Intuitive Machines achieved a soft landing near the lunar south pole, while the mission did not achieve a soft landing.
Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission was a NASA CLPS mission that occurred in 2024.
Multiple ISRO sources and a program lead at ISTRAC indicate that Intuitive Machines commercially used ISRO's ground tracking support for IM-1.
NASA plans to acquire lunar navigation and communications (navcom) as a service for the Artemis program with Intuitive Machines as a key navcom provider.
JAXA’s SLIM lunar lander achieved higher landing precision and more successful payload operations than Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus by technical measures.