Intuitive Machines Nova-C Lunar Lander Arrives in Cape Canaveral, Florida
2023年12月4日 - 10:00PM
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive
Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration,
infrastructure, and services company, has announced the successful
delivery of its IM-1 mission Nova-C lunar lander to Cape Canaveral,
Florida.
“Reaching this tremendous milestone has built a four-year
foundation of technical excellence earned through challenges,
failures, and triumph; I’m so proud of this team leading the United
States back to the Moon,” said Intuitive Machines CEO Steve
Altemus. “The opportunity to deliver the first of three manifested
lunar landers with NASA and commercial payloads is an incredible
moment for the entire commercial aerospace industry, and I’m
looking forward to this launch as well as our subsequent missions
in the near future.”
In coordination with SpaceX, the liftoff of the IM-1 lunar
mission is targeted for a multi-day launch window that opens no
earlier than January 12, 2024. In case of unfavorable launch
conditions, such as poor weather, backup opportunities will be
determined based on the lunar blackout window and other
factors.
Figure 1: Intuitive Machines engineers loading the IM-1 mission
Nova-C lunar lander into its custom container in Houston, TX.
The Company’s IM-1 mission will be operated from Intuitive
Machines’ Nova Control Center in Houston, Texas. There, flight
controllers will monitor spacecraft health, send commands, and
receive data during the lander’s approximate six-and-a-half-day
journey to the lunar surface using the Company’s commercially
available Lunar Data Network. After landing, Intuitive Machines and
its customers expect Nova-C to operate in the lunar south pole
region for nearly two weeks.
As previously announced, Intuitive Machines completed the IM-1
lunar lander in September at the Company’s Lunar Production and
Operations Center located at the Houston Spaceport. In late
November, the lander was loaded into a custom-designed air ride
ground transport system and delivered to Cape Canaveral,
Florida.
IM-1 will be the Company’s first of three manifested attempted
lunar landings as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services
(“CLPS”) initiative, a key part of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration
efforts. The science and technology payloads sent to the Moon’s
surface as part of CLPS intend to lay the foundation for a
sustainable human presence on the lunar surface and the commercial
development of the Moon.
About Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines is a diversified space company focused on
space exploration. Intuitive Machines supplies space products and
services to support sustained robotic and human exploration to the
Moon, Mars, and beyond. Intuitive Machines’ products and services
are offered through its four business units: Lunar Access Services,
Orbital Services, Lunar Data Services, and Space Products and
Infrastructure. For more information, please visit
intuitivemachines.com.
Forward Looking Statement
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relating to our first mission to the Moon, including the expected
timing of launch for our first mission. These forward-looking
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place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The
factors detailed under the section titled Part I, Item 1A. Risk
Factors of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2022, the section titled Part I, Item 2, Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and the section titled Part II. Item 1A. “Risk Factors”
in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2023, could cause actual outcomes or results to
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Contacts
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