Company

Intuitive Machines

USA · named on public Moon flights

Intuitive Machines is a NASA CLPS lander prime (NYSE: LUNR). Their Nova-C class flew IM-1 (Odysseus, 2024) and IM-2 (Athena, 2025) as commercial lunar soft-landing attempts with partial surface outcomes. A growing TO pipeline covers IM-3 through IM-6 including cargo-class Nova-D.

Hardware

Nova-C

Lander · NASA's CS-8 Moon Base award to Intuitive Machines covers one Nova-C-class delivery, IM-6, at $148.3 million. · IM-1 Odysseus

μNova hopper (Grace)

Hardware · Grace is Intuitive Machines' small hopper, designed to leap across the surface after IM-2 landed near the Shackleton connecting ridge. · IM-2 Athena

Nova-D

Lander · Intuitive Machines Nova-D-class lander delivery path for CT-4 CLPS suite (~$180.4M public). · IM-5 Nova-D

Jobs

CP-22 · $116.9M class

IM-4 south pole $116.9M. · IM-4 · nasa.gov

Cargo

μNova hopper (Grace)

Grace is Intuitive Machines' small hopper, designed to leap across the surface after IM-2 landed near the Shackleton connecting ridge. · IM-2 Athena · 2025-02-27

Flights

Artemis I2022-11-16 · First integrated Artemis flight test: uncrewed SLS Block 1 + Orion.
IM-1 Odysseus2024-02-15 · IM-1 Odysseus (TO2-IM): first commercial soft landing (Feb 2024).
Blue Ghost Mission 12025-01-15 · Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 (TO19D ~$93.3M): Falcon 9 launch 2025-01-15 · soft landing (upright) Mare Crisium 2025-03-02 · all 10 NASA science/tech payloads operated through a full lunar day (+ hours into night).
IM-2 Athena2025-02-27 · IM-2 Athena (PRIME-1 path): south polar attempt (Mar 2025).
Artemis II2026-04-01 · First crewed Artemis flight: SLS + Orion lunar flyby.
IM-3 TrinityNET Q1 2027 · Intuitive Machines IM-3 (CLPS CP-11): Nova-C Trinity, NASA Moon Base III.
IM-4NET ~2027 · Six NASA science payloads to Mons Mouton / south polar highlands.
Altus-1 (IM lunar data relay)NET ~2027 · Intuitive Machines Altus-1 is the company's first lunar data relay satellite under NASA Near Space Network Services (NSN).
Artemis IIINET late 2027 · NASA: Artemis III is a 2027 crewed demonstration in low Earth orbit.
IM-5 Nova-DNET ~2030 class · First cargo-class Nova-D CLPS.

Sources

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