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 scheduled the IM-3 lander mission to launch on a Falcon 9 in 2024.
Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch its first two lander missions.
Intuitive Machines’ first Nova-C lander launch slipped from July to October 2021 and was later delayed to no earlier than the first quarter of 2022 in an April FCC license application citing launch-provider-related issues.
Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. will provide Intuitive Machines access to its newly upgraded deep space antenna GHY-6 to facilitate communications between Intuitive Machines’ lunar missions and the ground.
Intuitive Machines will use Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd.’s services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon and for future missions.
The LTN together with Intuitive Machines’ control center, Nova Control, is offered as a complete service to commercial or government partners operating in cislunar space.
Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. will provide mission tracking and data downlink services to support Intuitive Machines’ lunar missions.
Intuitive Machines delayed its IM-1 lander mission from fall 2021 to early 2022.
Intuitive Machines will use KSAT services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon and for future missions.
Dr. Tim Crain developed the framework for Intuitive Machines' approach to Precision Landing and Hazard Avoidance (PLHA) on Nova landers.
Dr. Tim Crain has served as vice president of research and development at Intuitive Machines since co-founding the company in 2013.
Intuitive Machines appointed Dr. Tim Crain as chief technology officer (CTO).
Intuitive Machines' appointment of Dr. Crain to CTO comes after rapid growing demand for its Lunar Payload and Data Services (LPDS) program.
Intuitive Machines is using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch its two lunar lander missions, with the first mission scheduled for early 2022.
Intuitive Machines’ 2021-03-24 release mentioned a launch toward the end of 2021 for IM-1.
Intuitive Machines received a Commercial Lunar Payload Services award in May 2019 valued at $77,000,000 for a mission originally scheduled for July 2021.
Intuitive Machines planned to launch its Nova-C lander on the IM-1 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
SpaceX delayed Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission from late 2021 to early 2022.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander received a $79,500,000 NASA award at the same time Intuitive Machines won its first CLPS contract.
Intuitive Machines indicated IM-1 is providing services on behalf of a government agency and is supported through federal funding and will coordinate with government users of the S-band to avoid interference.