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Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX to launch Nova-C to the Moon in 2021 on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Houston-based Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its lunar lander, Nova-C, to the Moon in 2021 on a Falcon 9 rocket. “Intuitive...
Oct 2, 20191 min read


NASA Awards Intuitive Machines $1.3 Million Tipping Point Partnership
NASA selected Intuitive Machines to develop a spacecraft vision processing computer and software to reduce the cost and schedule required...
Sep 27, 20191 min read


Intuitive Machines Honored in Ellington Airport: Gateway to Space Exhibit
The Lone Star Flight Museum featured Intuitive Machines in their brand-new Ellington Airport: Gateway to Space Exhibit. The exhibit opens...
Sep 27, 20191 min read


Nova-C Main Engine Test Keeps Houston in the Moon Race
September 4, 2019 Intuitive Machines tested the Nova-C lander’s rocket propulsion system for the 8th time at the Houston Spaceport...
Sep 19, 20191 min read


Tiburon Jr. Successful Test Flight
Intuitive Aviation crewmembers successfully tested, Tiburon Junior™, a fully autonomous fixed-wing drone capable of flight times of 15...
Sep 9, 20191 min read


Houston-based company on track to be the first private U.S. business to land on the moon
Many companies from across the United States have jumped at the opportunity. But that doesn’t mean Houston has lost its stamp on...
Jul 19, 20191 min read


Back to the moon: Johnson Space Center to play key role in NASA’s mission to the moon, beyond
Now, as the Johnson Space Center in Clear Lake celebrates the 50th anniversary of that monumental day, the Bay Area prepares to repeat...
Jul 4, 20191 min read


NASA Selects Intuitive Machines for Robotic Return to the Moon in 2021
HOUSTON, May 31, 2019 – Intuitive Machines will join NASA’s new era of lunar exploration with a robotic landing on the Moon in 2021,...
May 31, 20191 min read


Intuitive Machines Members Recognization
It’s always great when one of our IM team members gets recognized for the great work they are doing for our customers. Joseph Williams...
May 14, 20191 min read


ABC13 News
Intuitive Machines is one of nine firms in the U.S. that was awarded the opportunity to bid on NASA contracts to deliver lunar payloads.
Jan 15, 20191 min read


OSIRIS-REx Arrives at Bennu
IM helped validate the optical navigation system used for asteroid relative navigation using experience from previous rendezvous and...
Dec 4, 20181 min read


Intuitive Machines headed to the moon in 2021
Houston-based Intuitive Machines has been developing the Nova-C class moon lander as a component of the company's Lunar Payloads and Data...
Nov 29, 20181 min read


Houston-based company among nine tapped by NASA to build moon landers
Houston-based Intuitive Machines was one of nine companies tapped Thursday by NASA to build moon landers as part of a new strategy in...
Nov 29, 20181 min read


Intuitive Machines Outreach
Intuitive Machines is committed to helping the community and dedicated to making the world a better place. Intuitive Machines will be...
Jun 16, 20181 min read


Intuitive Machines Outreach
Intuitive Machines is committed to helping the community and dedicated to making the world a better place. Intuitive Machines is...
Jun 16, 20171 min read


Mears HDD Simulator
Mears Group, Inc., a leading provider of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and Direct Pipe® services, has developed an integrated HDD...
Apr 10, 20175 min read


Featured In Australian Antarctic Magazine
Drones take ICECAP flights to new heights “Long-range drones took Australia’s East Antarctic Ice Sheet studies to new heights this past...
Jun 19, 20161 min read


Unmanned In Antartica
At the end of February 2016, Mechatronics Lead Kevin Bass and contracted Pilot Mike Laible set off on a planned 23 day excursion to...
Jun 16, 20161 min read


Hack Rice 2016
After several Rice University students had outstanding internship tours with Intuitive Machines, we participated in “Lunch and Learn”...
Jan 1, 20161 min read
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