Intuitive Machines Eyes First Moon Landing With NASA Payloads

Mark Carreau August 15, 2023

IM-1 Nova C assembly.

Credit: Intuitive Machines
HOUSTON—Intuitive Machines (IM), one of 14 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) providers, is aiming for a Nov. 15 launch of the agency initiative’s first Artemis-era Moon landing. The IM-O1 mission’s uncrewed Nova-C lunar lander is to touch down near the Malapert A crater, a relatively...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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