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IM-6 (Moon Base CS-8)
NET ~2028 (CS-8 Moon Base) · Nova-C · planned
2028 Moon Base batch.
CS-8 Moon Base batch, Intuitive Machines surface utility delivery.
$148,300,000 public package award.
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CS-8 Intuitive Machines Nova-C delivery (IM-6)
NASA's CS-8 Moon Base award to Intuitive Machines covers one Nova-C-class delivery, IM-6, at $148.3 million. · Intuitive Machines · nasa.govCS-8 Moon Base science preview package (multi-vendor)
NASA CS-8 multi-award Moon Base science preview: Astrobotic package + Firefly BG-M5 + IM-6 delivery awards (public June-class release). · NASA · nasa.govIM Lunar Telemetry Network + Nova Control MCC
Commercial LTN multi-station network feeding Nova Control Houston for continuous lunar LOS TT&C on Nova-C missions. · Intuitive Machines · spacenews.comIM Near Space Network lunar relays (planned)
Intuitive Machines lunar relay / Near Space Network services path for multi-mission lunar comms enable. · Intuitive Machines · intuitivemachines.comIM-6 CLPS delivery award (CS-8 IM)
Intuitive Machines' IM-6 is a CS-8 Moon Base delivery. · Intuitive Machines · nasa.govIM-6 NASA science suite (award-level shell)
CS-8 award-level NASA science on IM-6. · NASA · nasa.govL3Harris/ARDÉ helium pressurant COPV (Nova-C)
Welded metal liner + carbon overwrap helium COPV on Nova-C. · L3Harris (ARDÉ) · l3harris.comLETS on IM-6 (CS-8)
NASA LETS Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer on IM-6 / CS-8 Moon Base package (triad with SCALPSS + LRA on each CS-8 delivery). · NASA · nasa.govLPOC Houston AIT facility (Nova-C / Nova-D)
Intuitive Machines Lunar Production and Operations Center (Houston Spaceport / Ellington) for Nova lander fabrication and AIT. · Intuitive Machines · investors.intuitivemachines.comLRA on IM-6 (CS-8)
A NASA Goddard laser retroreflector is booked on IM-6. · NASA · nasa.govNova-C avionics / GNC
Intuitive Machines in-house Nova-C avionics and GNC for autonomous landing. · Intuitive Machines · intuitivemachines.comNova-C power system
Intuitive Machines in-house Nova-C power subsystem (solar + battery/PCDU class) as part of vertically integrated lander OEM claim. · Intuitive Machines · intuitivemachines.comNova-C structure & AIT (Intuitive Machines)
Intuitive Machines in-house Nova-C carbon-composite structure and Houston LPOC AIT for IM-1…IM-6 product line. · Intuitive Machines · investors.intuitivemachines.comSCALPSS on IM-6 (CS-8)
SCALPSS is NASA Langley's plume-surface camera suite booked on IM-6. · NASA · nasa.govScorpius Pressurmaxx Type V LOX/LCH4 tanks (Nova-C)
Scorpius Space Launch Company supplies liner-less PRESSURMAXX Type V all-composite LOX/LCH4 cryogenic propellant tanks for Intuitive Machines Nova-C and Nova-D lunar landers. · Scorpius Space Launch Company · compositesworld.comVR900 methalox main engine
VR900 is Intuitive Machines' gimbaled LOX/LCH4 main engine for Nova-C, with an additive-printed chamber and Morpheus heritage. · Intuitive Machines · satnow.comVR900 methalox main engine (Nova-C product line)
Intuitive Machines VR900 LOX/LCH4 main engine is in-house additive-chamber path. · Intuitive Machines · intuitivemachines.comCargo
Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer
Measure charged-particle radiation (linear energy transfer) at the surface to characterize the lunar radiation environment for crew and electronics. · NASA · nasa.govStereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies
Demo for landing plume. Stereo imaging of engine plume interaction with regolith during descent/landing to improve models for multi-lander operations and landing pads. · NASA · science.nasa.govLaser Retroreflector Array
Demo for navigation. Passive laser ranging fiducial for precise orbit determination and future navigation/landing relative positioning. · NASA · science.nasa.govRelated flights
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