Intuitive Machines is an American space exploration company headquartered in Houston, Texas, founded in 2013 by Stephen Altemus, Kam Ghaffarian, and Tim Crain. The company provides commercial and government exploration of the Moon, including lunar surface access for transportation and payload delivery, data transmission services, and infrastructure-as-a-service. NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines five lunar surface delivery task orders through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. The company went public in February 2023 after merging with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company, and trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LUNR.
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Nasdaq: LUNR as of 2026-09-09
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crawled events
- notable2026-11-03Intuitive Machines wins NASA contract for FALCON-RADAR Earth science mission
- notable2026-09-01Intuitive Machines books order for two IM 300 satellites from new customer
- notable2026-08-18Intuitive Machines to build NASA's EAGLE-VSWIR Earth-science satellite
- major2026-08-13Intuitive Machines wins $600 million contract for three GEO satellites
- notable2026-07-01Lunar Forge unveils plan to build lunar structures from moon dust
- major2026-06-30NASA awards $590 million across four lunar lander missions
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- 20252025-11-04corporateIntuitive Machines announces $800 million acquisition of Lanteris Spaceas of 2026-09-09
- 2025-03-06incidentIntuitive Machines' Athena lander touches down on its side on the Moonoutcome: Landed on its side, precluding recharging and deployment of payloadsas of 2026-09-09
- 20242024-02-22Intuitive Machines' Odysseus achieves first US Moon landing since Apolloas of 2026-09-09
- 20232023-02-14corporateIntuitive Machines goes public on Nasdaq as LUNR via SPAC mergeras of 2026-09-09
- 20192019-05-31contractIntuitive Machines wins $77 million NASA CLPS award for Nova-C landeras of 2026-09-09
- 20132013corporateIntuitive Machines is founded in Houston by Altemus, Ghaffarian, and Crainas of 2026-09-09
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What is Intuitive Machines?
Intuitive Machines focuses on Commercial and government lunar exploration: lander delivery, data transmission, and infrastructure-as-a-service. as of 2026-09-09
Where is Intuitive Machines based?
Intuitive Machines is based in United States. as of 2026-09-09
When was Intuitive Machines founded?
Intuitive Machines was founded in 2013. as of 2026-09-09