The Sand in The Gears

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

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[Space Investor @SpaceInvestor_D]

Life before the SpaceX IPO

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

@thespacecpa @Int_Machines You always beat IM’s own announcements by hours! They only just now plastered about that! Hahahaha

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

$LUNR - Intuitive Machines and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Announce Successful Migration of the Nation’s Largest Lunar Dataset

The operational deployment secures long-term access to more than 1.8 petabytes of critical lunar surface imagery and topographic data, preserving the foundational digital infrastructure required for future cislunar operations.

Link: https://t.co/7BIRz4WgKl

[Intuitive Machines @Int_Machines]

Intuitive Machines is the prime contractor for NASA’s LROC and ShadowCam instruments—representing 67% of NASA’s total planetary data holdings. With #TEESresearch, we have successfully migrated the nation’s largest lunar dataset (1.8+ petabytes) to a new high-performance data infrastructure. This milestone preserves the foundational digital infrastructure and lunar intelligence required to map, navigate, and land on the Moon.

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

@GingerAliens @thespacecpa @Int_Machines @voyagertech_ This is a development award. Companies are being given funds to come up is concepts and models to eventually be used for larger contracts.

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

$LUNR - Intuitive Machines secured its sixth NASA CLPS task order, a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $148.3M to deliver a production line qualified Nova-C lander to the Moon by 2028.

The award includes a $68.6 million base contract plus a $79.7 million performance incentive tied to product-line qualification of the Nova-C lander.

This win reinforces NASA’s accelerated schedule for lunar surface deliveries and supports Moon Base operations under Artemis signaling growing confidence in Intuitive Machines as a repeatable, scalable lunar logistics provider.

Six CLPS task orders and counting. $LUNR continues to build out its position in the commercial lunar economy.

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

Humanity's future is bright!

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

Steve Altemus, CEO @Int_Machines “We are shifting the paradigm from custom aerospace engineering to commercial mass production of lunar infrastructure.

Our flight-proven Nova-C platform allows us to build, test, and deploy multiple landers in parallel using industry 4.0-powered
manufacturing.

This contract directly advances our core mission to provide persistent, reliable, and commercial baseline of transport, connectivity, and operations that allows our customers to stay longer and achieve more on the Moon.”

[Intuitive Machines @Int_Machines]

Nova-C at scale for NASA's Moon Base

Intuitive Machines has secured a firm-fixed-price NASA contract valued at up to $148.3M to deliver a production-line-qualified Nova-C lander to the Moon no later than 2028.

By scaling manufacturing processes to support high-volume production, Intuitive Machines is creating a standardized and repeatable lunar transport utility service. @NASAArtemis and @NASAMoon Base

News Article | Intuitive Machines

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

$LUNR - Intuitive Machines was awarded 1 contract as part of the CS-8 announcement on the NASA Moon Base Update. The vehicle will be a NOVA-C. More information to follow shortly. Congrats @Int_Machines

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

@AnneErickson

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

@HairMtlMessiah I am a fan of this one!

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

@thespacecpa I know the first NSNS satellite is flying with IM3. I am curious if they will set it on its proper orbit and then complete the landing with the satellite in position to assist.

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

@NASAAdmin can we get an update on the status of CS-8? The procurement timeline from the Ignition Event had this award announcement scheduled for 6/18. Will this be further delayed or is the award still expected soon.

[Intuitive Machines @Int_Machines]

If it moves on the Moon, then it’s Made in Maryland! Governor Wes Moore announced a $1M Build Our Future Grant that helps us expand our space robotics and mechanisms operations in Anne Arundel County and establish a Space Robotics and Mechanisms Center of Excellence.

With the success of Artemis and a faster tempo for NASA and commercial missions, demand is growing for the devices we innovate, like rover deployment arms, 360 pan tilt cameras, and precision engine gimbals.

Thank you, Governor Moore, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, and St. John Properties for your commitment to space technology innovation! Learn more: https://t.co/LA2u1guAuh

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

$LUNR - In an interview with spacecom, David Israel (Space Internetworking Principal @Int_Machines) provided insights into Altus-1 the first lunar data relay satellite.

Altus-1 is expected to be launched in Q4 2026 as a payload onboard IM-3 “Trinity”. Beyond communications, Altus-1 will broadcast positioning, navigation and timing signals creating a GPS for the moon. Altus-1 will take approximately 100 days to establish its intended orbit.

Timeline:

Q4 2026 - Deployment
Q1 2027 - Establish Orbit
Q2 2027 - Recurring Revenue to Start*

*reflects an independent assumption

Link: https://t.co/KgNsaHwe87

[the space cpa @thespacecpa]

$LUNR - ESA will fly their PROSPECT payload package on @Int_Machines IM-4 mission in 2027.

PROSPECT has a suite of instruments that will drill beneath the surface of the Moon’s polar regions, extract samples, and analyse them to search for volatiles such as water ice. Volatiles are potential sources of water, oxygen, and fuel for future explorers.

The package combines a drilling and sampling system (ProSEED) with a miniaturised laboratory (ProSPA) to extract the cold-trapped volatiles and determine their origin and abundance.

https://t.co/mVkhV0oe8j

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

@thespacecpa Publicly traded as well $ACCMF

[The Sand in The Gears @pj82098]

@thespacecpa @SpaceInvestor_D @Int_Machines “Maybe more”.

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