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Intuitive Machines

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Houston, Texas, United States
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Intuitive Machines won a CLPS award to deliver the PRIME-1 drilling payload in 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipFeb 4, 2021Firefly wins NASA CLPS lunar lander contract

Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX for its first lander mission, IM-1, which is scheduled to launch later 2021 as one of the first two CLPS lander missions.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJan 13, 2021SpaceX wins contracts for lunar lander, environmental satellite launches

NASA awarded Intuitive Machines its second payload delivery contract under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative on 2020-10-16.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipJan 13, 2021Intuitive Machines’ 2nd Mission To The Moon To Be Launched By SpaceX

Intuitive Machines operates a Lunar Payload and Data Service (LPDS) program that matures with each awarded lunar mission.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJan 13, 2021Intuitive Machines’ 2nd Mission To The Moon To Be Launched By SpaceX

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission will launch 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipJan 13, 2021Intuitive Machines’ 2nd Mission To The Moon To Be Launched By SpaceX

Both of Intuitive Machines’ awarded CLPS missions will be launched by SpaceX.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJan 13, 2021Intuitive Machines’ 2nd Mission To The Moon To Be Launched By SpaceX

Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its IM-2 lunar lander mission on a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipJan 13, 2021SpaceX wins contracts for lunar lander, environmental satellite launches

Both Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 and IM-2 missions will use the Nova-C lander design.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative PlanJan 13, 2021SpaceX wins contracts for lunar lander, environmental satellite launches

Spacebit is inviting university researchers to share data the company obtains from two miniature rovers scheduled to travel to the moon with Astrobotic Technology and Intuitive Machines in 2021.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2020Spacebit invites research partners for 2021 lunar missions

Spacebit plans to send a wheeled rover to the moon in 2021 on Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative PlanNov 2, 2020Spacebit invites research partners for 2021 lunar missions

On 2020-10-16, NASA awarded a $47,000,000 task order to Intuitive Machines to deliver the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 (PRIME-1) payload to the lunar south pole by the end of 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2020NASA awards contracts for lunar technologies and ice prospecting payload

Intuitive Machines received one of the first CLPS task orders in May 2019 for a mission scheduled to launch in late 2021.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2020NASA awards contracts for lunar technologies and ice prospecting payload

Moon Express experienced financial issues, including a lawsuit loss against Intuitive Machines and the cancellation of a lease at Kennedy Space Center for nonpayment.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesTechnical ProductSep 21, 2020NASA inspector general criticizes high-risk approach to CLPS program

Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its IM-1 lunar lander mission on a Falcon 9 in 2021 as part of a rideshare mission.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipAug 27, 2020SpaceX to launch Masten lunar lander

In May 2019 NASA issued the first two CLPS task orders to Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines for landers scheduled to launch in 2021.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipJun 11, 2020Astrobotic wins NASA contract to deliver VIPER lunar rover

Intuitive Machines was one of nine companies selected by NASA for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program in November 2018 and is eligible to compete for CLPS task orders.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralApr 14, 2020Intuitive Machines selects landing site for CLPS mission

Intuitive Machines initially planned to launch IM-1 in July 2021 to either Oceanus Procellarum or Mare Serenitatis but pushed the launch back three months to mitigate the effect of a protest filed by Deep Space Systems to that CLPS task order award.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralApr 14, 2020Intuitive Machines selects landing site for CLPS mission

The IM-1 mission is scheduled to launch on 2021-10-11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 under a launch contract between Intuitive Machines and SpaceX executed in 2019-10-01.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2020Intuitive Machines selects landing site for CLPS mission

Intuitive Machines won one of the first CLPS task orders competed by NASA in May 2019.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralApr 14, 2020Intuitive Machines selects landing site for CLPS mission

NASA selected Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Orbit Beyond for initial CLPS awards in May 2019.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralApr 8, 2020Masten wins NASA lunar lander award
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