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 plans to launch its IM-1 mission on a Falcon 9 later 2023 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
CADRE will launch as a payload on Intuitive Machines’ third lunar lander mission, IM-3, under NASA’s CLPS initiative managed by the Science Mission Directorate.
Intuitive Machines has been designated approximately $2,400,000 of the NASA STMD Tipping Point award to assist Zeno Power in developing an interoperable americium-241 radioisotope Sterling generator.
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) is a member of the Zeno Power-led team that received the $15,000,000 Tipping Point award from NASA STMD.
Goonhilly Earth Station will support Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission during the cruise, lunar orbit, and on-surface operations phases.
Goonhilly Earth Station validated lunar telemetry and tracking capabilities for IM-1 by successfully acquiring and tracking NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in an exercise with Intuitive Machines personnel.
Intuitive Machines plans to launch its IM-1 lander on a Falcon 9 later 2023 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
Intuitive Machines submitted a proposal in March 2023 for a NASA competition to provide commercial services for the Near Space Network.
Intuitive Machines planned a June 2023 landing at Malapert A, a crater near the lunar south pole.
Northrop Grumman announced plans for a crewed lunar rover in November 2021 with Northrop Grumman as the lead and Intuitive Machines providing the lander.
Intuitive Machines reported $18,200,000 in revenue in the quarter compared to $18,500,000 in the first quarter of 2022.
Intuitive Machines partnered with KBR to win a NASA engineering services contract called OMES III on 2023-04-18.
Intuitive Machines reported an operating loss of $14,000,000 in the quarter compared to an operating loss of $4,500,000 in the same quarter a year earlier.
Intuitive Machines is projecting $168,000,000 to $274,000,000 in revenue for 2023 and expects to report positive quarterly EBITDA by the fourth quarter of 2023.
At the time the CLPS task order was awarded, IM-1 was scheduled to land in July 2021.
Northrop Grumman is working with companies such as Intuitive Machines and Michelin to create a lunar rover.
Lunar Trailblazer, a SIMPLEx mission originally set to launch as a rideshare on the IMAP mission in 2025, was moved by NASA to fly on the Intuitive Machines IM-2 lunar lander currently planned for late 2023.
Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander is planned to launch on a Falcon 9 in June.
Intuitive Machines has won three CLPS task orders with its first mission, IM-1, scheduled to launch later 2023.
Intuitive Machines shares closed on 2023-03-08 at $10.26, down 18.3% for the day.