Intuitive Machines

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines, Leonardo and Telespazio have signed a commercially cooperative U.S.-European strategic accord intended to enhance interoperability.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines has entered an agreement for access to indoor simulated Moon and Mars landscapes.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Recent ground testing of Intuitive Machines’ (IM) Moon RACER Lunar Terrain vehicle with rechargeable batteries included a successful beamed power demonstration.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Star Catcher Industries says it has demonstrated wireless laser power beaming, transmitting 1.1 kW of electrical power to off-the-shelf solar panels.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines Inc. will acquire Lanteris Space Systems, previously known as Maxar Space Systems, from Advent International LLC.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Stirling Technology Space Research Experiment (START) is an effort to accelerate the readiness of a compact nuclear power conversion technology.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines, Inc. has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute Maturity Level 3 for software development.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines (IM), Inc., a space technology and services company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of KinetX Inc.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
NASA also floated the idea that the nuclear reactor might be contracted as an “end-to-end service” from development, launch, landing to operations on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines’ (IM) CEO said Aug. 7 that his company intends to continue expanding its commercial space services to Mars.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Efforts to expand U.S. commercial space have just touched down in a new destination—big box stores.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines has received approval from the Houston City Council to expand its current Lunar Production and Operations Center at Spaceport Houston.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines has completed the preliminary design review for its Moon Racer commercial Lunar Terrain Vehicle candidate.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
For the third time this year, a robotic lander will attempt to touch down on the surface of the Moon, this time from Japan's iSpace.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines (IM) has identified and addressed three factors that caused a botched landing at the lunar south pole.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines says it has successfully integrated and tested an autonomous driving system for the Moon RACER Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
Launched by SpaceX Jan. 15, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander made a soft touchdown at 3:34 a.m. EST March 2 in Mare Crisium.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Launched Feb. 26, Intuitive’s Athena Nova-C lander descended autonomously onto Mons Mouton in the lunar south pole region on March 6 at 12:31 p.m.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s commercial lunar services initiative scores another major win.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive and NASA are awaiting imagery from the agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to establish whether Athena is upright, leaning, or tipped over.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Flight controllers at Houston-based Intuitive Machines were able to establish communications with their Nova-C lunar lander following its Feb. 26 launch.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The mission for Intuitive Machines is the fourth in a series of NASA-backed technology development and flight service contracts.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The company aims to mine asteroids for water to be used directly as fuel, or broken down into hydrogen and oxygen, which also could be used as fuel.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
IM’s first Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, touched down near the lunar south pole’s Malapert A crater on Feb. 22, 2024.
Space Exploration