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Intuitive Machines, trading as LUNR, achieved the first American Moon landing in over 50 years with its Nova-C lander under NASA's CLPS program.
LUNRACTIVEIntuitive Machines is a Houston-based space infrastructure company that builds spacecraft, connects networks and operates infrastructure-as-a-service for commercial, civil and national security customers. Its Nova-C lander Odysseus (IM-1) made the first U.S. Moon landing since Apollo 17 in February 2024, the first landing under NASA's CLPS initiative.
Intuitive Machines is a Houston-based space infrastructure company that builds spacecraft, connects networks and operates infrastructure-as-a-service for commercial, civil and national security customers. Its Nova-C lander Odysseus (IM-1) made the first U.S. Moon landing since Apollo 17 in February 2024, the first landing under NASA's CLPS initiative.
Rank 14 of 94 ranked companies
6 of 7 inputs measured · High confidence · 100% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-20 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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13467 Columbia Shuttle Street, Houston, Texas 77059
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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No private round on record before Feb 2023. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Its lunar missions in our catalogue of every Moon mission since 1958, with dates, outcomes and sources:
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services in the US Moon program · US vs China race to the Moon tracker
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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3 dated public commitments by Intuitive Machines, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Compiled Oct 20, 2026 from 7 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Space federal awards
21 awards, $513.6M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded May 30, 2019 to Jun 30, 2026; most from NASA (20 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Jun 30, 2026
Latest space award
$29.5M from NASA
FINALIZE THE MISSION DESIGN, EXECUTE LONG LEAD PROCUREMENTS TO SUPPORT THE AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE, AND DELIVER ALL BASE MILESTONES AND PRODUCT...
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Jun 30, 2026
Latest SEC filing
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A)
Source: SEC EDGAR filing
Filed Oct 19, 2026
SEC filings, last 12 months
110 filings
Including 4 periodic reports and 12 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Oct 19, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
0 in orbit of 2 launched
Latest: IM-2 Athena
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code INTMA. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Feb 27, 2025
Satellites built
2 payloads launched, 0 in orbit
Latest: IM-2 Athena
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code INTMA. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Feb 27, 2025
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
20 space awards, $513.5M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jun 30, 2026
Department of Defense
1 space award, $100K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Apr 29, 2026
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 20). Intuitive Machines: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/intuitive-machines
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Intuitive Machines: Company dossier." Data as of October 20, 2026. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/intuitive-machines.
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}Estimated: around Tue, Nov 3, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Tue, Nov 4, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Thu, Aug 13, 2026, before the market opened · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Signed a material agreement; Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation; Other event the company chose to report
8-K items: 1.01 Signed a material agreement · 7.01 Information shared with investors (Regulation FD), such as a presentation · 8.01 Other event the company chose to report · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)