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 won a NASA engineering services contract with a potential maximum value of $719 million over five years.
Intuitive Machines is working on a second Nova-C lander, IM-2, expected to launch next year.
Intuitive Machines' CEO Steve Altemus estimates the probability of success for IM-1 at 65% to 75%.
Intuitive Machines completed a pre-ship review for the Nova-C lander, confirming that no work is left to do on the vehicle.
Intuitive Machines is developing the Nova-C lunar lander for its IM-1 mission.
Houston-based Intuitive Machines unveiled its completed first lunar lander, the Nova-C lander.
The Lunar Production and Operations Center is designed to support Intuitive Machines’ four core business units.
Burns & McDonnell built propulsion, processing, testing, technology, research, and manufacturing facilities to support Intuitive Machines’ operations at the Lunar Production and Operations Center.
The completed Lunar Production and Operations Center is ready to support each of Intuitive Machines’ three NASA-awarded missions.
Intuitive Machines received a $9,400,000 contract to design a spacecraft concept that employs a compact radioisotope power system and electric or hybrid propulsion.
Intuitive Machines unveiled the completed Nova-C lander at its new Houston headquarters on 2023-10-03 after completing a pre-ship review.
Intuitive Machines teamed with KBR to win a NASA Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (OMES) III contract with a maximum value of $719,000,000 over five years.
Intuitive Machines scheduled its IM-1 mission for launch on 2023-11-15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center at the start of a six-day launch window and listed a backup window in December.
Intuitive Machines raised $20,000,000 through a sale of stock on 2023-08-31.
Intuitive Machines’ shares closed at $4.76 on Nasdaq on 2023-08-31, down 8.3% for the day.
Intuitive Machines sold approximately 4.7 million shares to an unnamed institutional investor at $4.25 per share.
Intuitive Machines has a $50,000,000 equity financing facility that the company said it could use opportunistically.
Intuitive Machines is developing a series of lunar lander missions and is beginning work on a NASA contract, in partnership with KBR, to provide engineering services at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Intuitive Machines is moving ahead with its first lander mission, IM-1, scheduled to launch as soon as 2023-11-15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 at the start of a six-day launch window.
Intuitive Machines no longer expects to use its $50,000,000 equity financing facility.