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Intuitive Machines

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NASA awarded a $77,500,000 contract to Intuitive Machines on 2021-11-17 for the delivery of four payloads to the surface of the moon in 2024.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipNov 18, 2021NASA selects Intuitive Machines for CLPS lunar landing mission

NASA selected Intuitive Machines and its Nova-C lander for the 2024 mission, the seventh mission in the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralNov 18, 2021NASA selects Intuitive Machines for CLPS lunar landing mission

Intuitive Machines will develop an upgraded version of its Nova-C lander called Nova-D to deliver the rover to the lunar surface.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralNov 16, 2021Northrop-led team proposes Artemis lunar rover

Northrop Grumman is working with Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, AVL, and Michelin as part of a five-company team to propose a lunar rover to NASA.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2021Northrop-led team proposes Artemis lunar rover

Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado is preparing to send a 10-kilogram Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform robotic rover to the lunar south pole in 2022 on an Intuitive Machines lander.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesTechnical ProductNov 15, 2021Sure, there’s hype. But blockchain has concrete space applications

Spaceflight plans to debut Sherpa-ES, a bipropellant high delta-V orbital transfer vehicle, no earlier than 2022-10-01 on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 South Pole Mission.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 13 payloads and chemical propulsion OTV for first multi-destination rideshare mission

Spaceflight plans to debut Sherpa-ES no earlier than 2022-10-01 on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 South Pole Mission.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative PlanNov 9, 2021Spaceflight’s First Multi-Destination, 13 Smallsat, Rideshare Mission + Chemical Propulsion OTV Being Readied For Launch By SpaceX

One of Exotrail’s propulsion systems is scheduled to fly around the Moon in 2022 on a U.S. satellite built by York Space Systems for Intuitive Machines.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2021Exotrail Is Redeploying Their Executives Due To Company Growth, With A New Phase Of Expansion Now Being Entered

Spaceflight reached an agreement with Intuitive Machines on 2021-09-14 to fly as a secondary payload on the IM-2 lunar lander mission launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2021Spaceflight offers lunar flyby rideshare mission

York Space Systems plans to integrate the ExoMG – cluster² thruster into its S-class satellite to provide communications for Intuitive Machines’ lander scheduled to travel to the lunar south pole in late 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative PlanSep 7, 2021Exotrail to provide thrust for York cislunar mission

Intuitive Machines partnered with Spaceflight Inc. to provide secondary rideshare services on the IM-2 South Pole Mission.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralAug 22, 2021Intuitive Machines Partners With SpaceFlight To Provide Secondary Rideshare Services On Their Upcoming IM-2 South Pole Mission

Intuitive Machines’ reliable annual launch cadence provides industry partners and customers lead times needed to secure funding and develop advanced technologies to participate in the cislunar economy.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesTechnical ProductAug 12, 2021Three-Peat: Intuitive Machines’ Third Moon Mission Selects SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket To Provide The Transportation

Intuitive Machines’ third mission, IM-3, to the Moon will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative PlanAug 12, 2021Three-Peat: Intuitive Machines’ Third Moon Mission Selects SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket To Provide The Transportation

Intuitive Machines scheduled IM-1 to launch in the first quarter of 2022 and IM-2 to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipAug 10, 2021Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX for launch of third lunar lander mission

Intuitive Machines scheduled the IM-3 lander mission to launch on a Falcon 9 in 2024.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2021Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX for launch of third lunar lander mission

Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch its first two lander missions.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2021Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX for launch of third lunar lander mission

Intuitive Machines has not selected a landing site for the IM-3 mission.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesTechnical ProductAug 10, 2021Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX for launch of third lunar lander mission

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.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJul 5, 2021Lunar Exploration as a Service: From landers to spacesuits, NASA is renting rather than owning

Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. will provide mission tracking and data downlink services to support Intuitive Machines’ lunar missions.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesTechnical ProductJun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

Intuitive Machines will use Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd.’s services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon and for future missions.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly
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