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Company type | Public |
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Nasdaq: LUNR | |
Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 2013 |
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Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Steve Altemus (president and CEO) |
Products | Lunar lander, Mission Control Center, Ground stations, additive manufacturing |
Number of employees | 250+ (as of 27 October 2023[update]) (135-150, in 2022) |
Website | www |
Intuitive Machines, Inc. is an American space exploration company headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 2013 by Stephen Altemus, Kam Ghaffarian, and Tim Crain, to provide commercial and government exploration of the Moon. Today the Company offers lunar surface access for transportation and payload delivery, data transmission services, and infrastructure-as-a-service. Intuitive Machines holds three NASA contracts under the space agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, to deliver payloads to the lunar surface. Intuitive Machines is one of three companies selected by NASA to advance Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV). capabilities.
Intuitive Machines, LLC, went public in February 2023 after merging with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company. The company is incorporated in Delaware and trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LUNR.
Intuitive Machines’ Lunar Payload Delivery Services (LPDS) program opens access to the Moon for the progress of humanity. NASA selected Intuitive Machines’ LPDS program for four lunar missions which sent the first American spacecraft to the surface of the Moon since the Apollo Program and the first spacecraft ever to reach the lunar south pole region.