Artykuły o IM-1 (Intuitive Machines lunar lander mission)

[Orionid]

Intuitive Machines secures launch contract, wins lawsuit
by Jeff Foust — October 3, 2019. Updated Oct. 8 with information about the status of OrbitBeyond. [SN]


SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander in 2021, seeking to become the first commercial spacecraft to land on the moon. Credit: Intuitive Machines

WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines, a company with a NASA contract to fly payloads to the moon in 2021, announced Oct. 2 it has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of its lunar lander.

The company said that SpaceX will launch its Nova-C lander on a Falcon 9 in 2021. The company said it chose SpaceX after receiving proposals from “multiple launch providers,” although at a May 31 NASA event Steve Altemus, president and chief executive of the company, said it had already selected and was “finalizing arrangements” with SpaceX for a Falcon 9 launch.

Source: https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-secures-launch-contract-wins-lawsuit/

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Intuitive Machines selects landing site for CLPS mission
by Jeff Foust — April 14, 2020 [SN]


Intuitive Machines said April 13 is selected a landing site near large valley in the moon's "Ocean of Storms" region for its IM-1 mission in October 2021. Credit: Intuitive Machines

WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines has identified a landing site for a commercial lunar lander mission next year that will carry payloads from NASA and other customers.

The Houston-based company announced April 13 that its IM-1 lander mission, scheduled for launch in October 2021, will touch down near a valley called Vallis Schröteri in Oceanus Procellarum, or the Ocean of Storms. That valley, or rille, is the largest on the moon, and was under consideration by NASA as a landing site for the Apollo 18 mission before that mission’s cancellation.

Source: https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-selects-landing-site-for-clps-mission/

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Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022
by Jeff Foust — April 28, 2021 [SN]


Intuitive Machines says that SpaceX delayed the launch of its IM-1 lunar lander mission to no earlier than the first quarter of 2022 because of its "unique mission requirements." Credit: Intuitive Machines

WASHINGTON — The first lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines, which had been scheduled for launch late this year, has been delayed to early 2022 by its launch provider, SpaceX.

Intuitive Machines had planned to launch its Nova-C lander on the IM-1 mission in the fourth quarter of this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9, carrying a combination of commercial and NASA payloads. A March 24 news release about an agreement to use the Parkes radio telescope in Australia as a ground station for the mission mentioned a launch “towards the end of 2021.”
Source: https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-first-lunar-lander-mission-slips-to-2022/


Intuitive Machines targets launch to the Moon in mid-January
October 27, 2023 Will Robinson-Smith [SFN]


The completed Nova-C lander for the IM-1 mission is photographed in mid-October at Intuitive Machines’ facilities in Houston, Texas, ahead of it being shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Image: Intuitive Machines

The first lunar lander aiming for a touchdown at the Moon’s south pole has a new launch date. Intuitive Machines said Friday it is targeting the launch of its Nova-C lander on the IM-1 mission for no earlier than January 12, 2024.

Trent Martin, the Vice President of Lunar Access at Intuitive Machines, told Spaceflight Now it’s a good feeling to finally reach this point.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/10/27/intuitive-machines-targets-launch-to-the-moon-in-mid-january/

Intuitive Machines is about to launch its Odysseus moon lander
By Leah Crane 12 February 2024 [NS]

US company Intuitive Machines is launching its Odysseus lander towards the moon's south pole. If all goes well, it will be the first private firm to put a spacecraft on the moon


The Odysseus spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the moon on 14 February SpaceX

The US company Intuitive Machines will soon attempt to become the first private firm to land a spacecraft on the moon. Three previous efforts by other companies have failed, highlighting the treacherous path ahead for Intuitive Machines’s Nova-C lander.

The spacecraft, nicknamed Odysseus, is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 14 February. It will travel atop a Falcon 9 rocket manufactured by SpaceX. If the mission, called IM-1, goes well, Odysseus should land near the south pole of the moon on 22 February.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2416837-intuitive-machines-is-about-to-launch-its-odysseus-moon-lander/

Intuitive Machines ready for launch of its first lunar lander
Jeff Foust February 13, 2024 [SN]


A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch the IM-1 lunar lander mission for Intuitive Machines early Feb. 14. Credit: SpaceX

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Intuitive Machines says its first lunar lander is ready for launch this week after completing a final series of tests on the launch pad.

In a statement late Feb. 12, the company confirmed that its Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, is ready to launch on the IM-1 mission. The spacecraft will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 scheduled to lift off at 12:57 a.m. Eastern Feb. 14 from Launch Complex 39A here, with backup launch opportunities Feb. 15 and 16.
https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-ready-for-launch-of-its-first-lunar-lander/

https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1758023227312369793
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1758022464326840739

As IM-1 Launch Moves to Thursday, SpaceX Targets Three-Mission Record-Setter
by Ben Evans, February 14, 2024 [AS]


B1060, being readied for her 18th launch, will deliver Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 Odysseus lunar lander into space on a mission to touch down close to the Moon’s South Pole. Photo Credit: SpaceX

Three Falcon 9 boosters with a combined 24 prior flights between them are primed for launches from opposing coasts of the United States tonight, targeting liftoffs and landings over a span of only 7.5 hours beginning at sunset Wednesday and concluding early Thursday morning. Following last night’s 24-hour delay of Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lunar landing mission until 1:05 a.m. EST Thursday, the first U.S. attempt to soft-land a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon since December 1972 will be preceded by the highly secretive USSF-124 payload for the U.S. Space Force at 5:30 p.m. EST Wednesday and a Starlink-laden flight exactly two hours later at 4:30 p.m. PST (7:30 p.m. EST).
https://www.americaspace.com/2024/02/14/as-im-1-launch-moves-to-thursday-spacex-targets-three-mission-record-setter/

Odysseus, a Private Lunar Lander, Launches Toward the Moon
By Kenneth Chang Published Feb. 14, 2024 Updated Feb. 15, 2024, 2:01 a.m. ET [NYT]

A SpaceX rocket lifted the spacecraft, which was built by Intuitive Machines of Houston to carry cargo for NASA and other customers to the lunar surface.

Another month, another try at the moon.

A robotic lunar lander launched into space early Thursday morning. If all goes well, in nine days, it will become the first American spacecraft to gently set down on the moon’s surface since the Apollo 17 moon landing in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/science/spacex-launch-moon-lander-intuitive.html

SpaceX, Intuitive Machines launches robotic lander to the Moon
February 13, 2024 Will Robinson-Smith [SFN]


Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, named ‘Odysseus,’ displayed prior to encapsulation inside a pair of SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairings. Image: SpaceX

Update 2:10 p.m. EST: The Nova-C lander successfully separated from the spacecraft and teams were able to acquire signal with the lander.

A launch pad billed as the Apollo program’s “Moonport” once again honored its namesake as it supported a mission bound for the Moon Thursday morning. More than 50 years after Apollo 17, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched Intuitive Machines’ robotic Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, on the beginnings of a lunar journey.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/02/13/live-coverage-spacex-intuitive-machines-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-on-moon-bound-mission/

Odysseus' odyssey: Intuitive Machines lander launches to the moon

February 15, 2024 — Houston, Texas has long taken pride in its name being the first word addressed back to Earth by the first humans to land on the moon. Now, more than 50 years later, the first spacecraft built entirely in Houston is on its way to becoming the first commercial lander to touch down on the lunar surface.
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-021524a-intuitive-machines-im1-moon-lander-launch.html

SpaceX launches Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission from Florida
written by John Sharp February 13, 2024 [NSF]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a lunar lander for Intuitive Machines (IM) of Houston, Texas. The mission, IM-1, saw the launch of the first of the IM Nova-C class landers from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 15 at 1:05 AM ET (06:05 UTC). The first launch attempt was scrubbed on Feb. 14 due to off-nominal methane temperatures prior to loading. If the mission successfully lands on the Moon, IM will become the first commercial organization, and the first American spacecraft in over 50 years, to successfully land on the surface of the Moon.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/02/im1-launch/

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Falcon 9 launches first Intuitive Machines lunar lander
Jeff Foust February 15, 2024 [SN]


A Falcon 9 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A Feb. 15 on the IM-1 lunar lander mission for Intuitive Machines. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — An Intuitive Machines spacecraft is on its way to the moon Feb. 15 in the company’s quest to be the first commercial entity to successfully land on the lunar surface.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off at 1:05 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A here after a 24-hour delay. The rocket’s upper stage deployed the Nova-C lander, called Odysseus, about 48 minutes later, after placing the spacecraft on a trajectory towards the moon.

The lander will arrive at the moon on Feb. 21, going into an orbit about 100 kilometers above the moon. That will set the spacecraft up for a landing attempt near the Malapert A crater, in the south polar region of the moon, late in the afternoon (Eastern time) Feb. 22. Intuitive Machine has not disclosed specific times for either orbit insertion or landing.
https://spacenews.com/falcon-9-launches-first-intuitive-machines-lunar-lander/