Intuitive Machines says its second lunar landing mission is over after concluding the toppled lander cannot generate sufficient power.

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The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines reached the surface of the moon March 6, but its status after landing was not clear.

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Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander is on its way to the moon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch Feb. 26 that also deployed three rideshare payloads.

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The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines is set to launch, taking to the moon NASA and commercial payloads as well as several rideshare spacecraft.

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A Texas state agency awarded $47.7 million in grants to five space companies to support projects like facilities and spacecraft development in the state.

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In this week's episode our guest is Kam Ghaffarian, Chairman, Axiom Space, Intuitive Machines and other companies. Inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing, starting in his basement, and finally reaching the moon. This is Kam Ghaffarian's inspirational story.

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NASA selected four companies to provide communications services in Earth orbit and out to the moon.

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Firefly Aerospace says it is planning a launch of its first lunar lander mission in January, meaning that none of the three commercial lander missions once slated to launch in the fourth quarter of this year will do so.

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Enough commercial activity is heading to the moon in the next few months to create a traffic jam. Firefly Aerospace, ispace and Intuitive Machines are all launching commercial lunar lander […]

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Intuitive Machines suggested the need for “reformulation” of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign to accommodate budget issues and delays.

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Intuitive Machines has won a NASA contract worth up to $4.8 billion to provide communications and navigation services at the moon to support the Artemis lunar exploration campaign.

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GOLDEN, Colorado — Finding exploitable water ice at the lunar south pole is high on the agenda of NASA’s Artemis program. If reservoirs of water ice exist in lunar cold […]

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NASA has selected Intuitive Machines to deliver a set of payloads to the south polar region of the moon in 2027, the first award under a commercial lunar lander program in nearly a year and a half.

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NASA is assessing a plan developed at the request of Congress to continue a satellite servicing mission but has made no decisions about rescinding earlier plans to cancel it.

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Intuitive Machines says it is organizing a coalition of organizations that will offer to take over a NASA lunar rover mission, launching it on one of the company’s landers.

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Smallsat launch services company SEOPS is partnering with Intuitive Machines to provide lunar rideshare opportunities.

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NASA is not reconsidering plans to select only one company to develop an Artemis lunar rover, despite a setback in another program procuring key elements of the lunar exploration effort as a service.

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NASA plans to soon make its first robotic lunar lander awards in more than a year as the agency and the industry grapple with uncertainty in the overall program linked to the cancellation of a rover mission.

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While NASA has long hoped for extractable water ice on the lunar surface, making use of the resource may be harder than expected.

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Intuitive Machines says it has identified several changes it will make to its Nova-C lunar lander ahead of its second mission late this year.

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NASA documents show how the agency balanced cost, capabilities and experience in its selection of three companies to continue work on an Artemis lunar rover.

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NASA has selected three companies to work on lunar rover concepts that would be offered as a service for Artemis lunar landings and scientific activities.

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Intuitive Machines says it is on firmer financial ground after its first lunar landing as the company works on its next mission and pursues other contracts.

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NASA and Intuitive Machines declared the IM-1 mission, in its final hours, an “unqualified success” despite a hard landing that left the spacecraft askew.

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