07 October 2020
UK-based Spacebit secures second mission to the Moon in 2021
... suite of tools needed for commercial lunar development,” says Trent Martin, VP of Space Services, Intuitive Machines. Steve Altemus, CEO, Intuitive Machines says; “Our Flight Services Agreement with Spacebit is another example of how the NASA CLPS...
17 December 2021
First commercial lunar distance communications network validated in space
... message that GES and IM together will be a major provider of near space network communications.” About Intuitive Machines Intuitive Machines' complete Lunar Payload Delivery Services (LPDS) program unlocks the lunar economy to explore the solar...
23 October 2020
First 4G cellular network on the Moon to be built by Nokia
... and Nokia Bell Labs President. The Finnish telecommunications equipment maker has enlisted the help of US-firm Intuitive Machines which NASA chose to build a small “hopper lander" to carry out high-resolution surveys of the lunar surface...
11 December 2020
A US company is aiming to race rovers on the Moon next year
... viewing back on Earth. Moon Mark, a Nevada-based entertainment and education company, is eyeing a flight on board the Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander, which is due to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket next year, as a means to deploy the rovers...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
...’s south pole carrying with it 4G communications equipment for NASA’s Artemis programme. Carried to their destination by Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, Lunar Outpost’s M1 Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover will also scoop up some...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... when that particular entity owns and operates around half of all active satellites currently in Earth orbits. Intuitive Machines Odysseus lander touched down in the Moon s south polar region on 22 February 2024, and has since transmitted...
