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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Intuitive Machines' Nova-C Trinity lander will study lunar swirls in the Reiner Gamma region.
Moon Base III is planned for 2026 and will carry Lunar Vertex on Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C Trinity lander.
Intuitive Machines is responsible for imaging operations, data storage, data analysis, and mission support for LROC and ShadowCam.
Intuitive Machines combines its planned lunar data relay satellite constellation, KinetX’s deep space navigation experience, and LROC imagery and analysis to support safe and continuous lunar operations.
Intuitive Machines has a three-year $4.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee prime contract for ShadowCam operations.
Intuitive Machines is the prime contractor for operations of the ShadowCam instrument on the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter.
Intuitive Machines plans to use its lunar data relay satellite constellation to provide orbital and surface navigation services for government and commercial exploration.
Intuitive Machines has a three-year $15.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee prime contract for LROC operations.
Intuitive Machines leads LROC surface mapping operations and ShadowCam advanced imaging in permanently shadowed regions.
Intuitive Machines plans to interpret and integrate the public LROC Planetary Data System archive for its lunar data relay satellite constellation.
Intuitive Machines is the prime contractor for operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Intuitive Machines’ planned IM-3 mission aims to achieve the first-ever soft landing in the Reiner Gamma region.
Intuitive Machines will combine the lunar mapping archive with deep-space navigation capabilities from its wholly owned KinetX subsidiary.
Intuitive Machines secured two three-year cost-plus-fixed-fee agreements for LROC and ShadowCam operations.
On May 18, 2026, Intuitive Machines was selected as the prime contractor for operations of NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) and KARI’s ShadowCam instrument.
Intuitive Machines plans to ingest, interpret, and integrate the Planetary Data System lunar mapping archive into its proprietary data architecture.
Intuitive Machines plans to feed high-resolution local terrain models into its lunar data relay satellite constellation.
Intuitive Machines plans to sell real-time orbital positioning, terrain-relative navigation, and precision surface mapping services to commercial lander operators and government agencies participating in NASA’s Artemis campaign.
Intuitive Machines will use LROC data to conduct landing site hazard analysis for its planned IM-3 robotic landing mission.
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a $180.4 million CLPS contract to deliver seven science and technology payloads to the Lunar South Pole region.