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Intuitive Machines

Lunar and Deep-Space Exploration Companies

Intuitive Machines, Inc. is an American space exploration company headquartered in Houston, Texas, founded in 2013 by Stephen Altemus, Kam Ghaffarian and Tim Crain to provide commercial and government access to the Moon. NASA has awarded the company lunar surface delivery task orders through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative, and the company went public in February 2023, trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker LUNR. In February 2024 its Odysseus lander achieved a soft but unstable landing on the lunar surface, the first American spacecraft to land on the Moon since the Apollo program, and its second lander, Athena, tipped over during a March 2025 landing attempt after problems with its laser altimeter.

Facts
Agency Type
Public space exploration company 1
Founded Year
2013 1
Headquarters
Houston, Texas, U.S. 1
Head
Steve Altemus (President and CEO) 1
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Operates

IM-1 Mission, Missions and Programs
Source IM-1 (Wikipedia)
Odysseus, Spacecraft

Odysseus was Intuitive Machines' lunar lander, which achieved the first soft landing on the Moon by a commercial (privately built) spacecraft in February 2024.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Odysseus (spacecraft) - WikipediaWikipedia: Odysseus (spacecraft), lead section
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Intuitive Machines

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United States

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Intuitive Machines
Wikipedia
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines, lead paragraph, sentence 1
    Intuitive Machines, Inc. is an American space exploration company headquartered in Houston, Texas.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines, lead paragraph, sentence 2
    It was founded in 2013 by Stephen Altemus, Kam Ghaffarian, and Tim Crain, to provide commercial and government exploration of the Moon.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines, infobox fields hq_location_city/hq_location_country
    Houston, Texas, U.S.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines, infobox field key_people
    Steve Altemus (president and CEO)
  • In Group: United States Lunar and Deep-Space Companies, Lead sentence
    is an American space exploration company headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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Odysseus (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
Operates: Odysseus, Wikipedia: Odysseus (spacecraft), lead sectionView the Source
IM-1 (Wikipedia)
Operates: IM-1 Mission, Lead: agency
Quote, Operates: IM-1 Mission, Lead: agency
conducted by Intuitive Machines
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