Intuitive Machines Co-Founder, President, and CEO Steve Altemus talks about the IM-1 Lunar Lander, Nova-C, during a press event, in Houston, in October 2023.
Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesIntuitive Machines is a Houston-based company just up the road from NASA's Johnson Space Center, or JSC.
It's one of several private-sector companies that have been tasked by the space agency to get robotic landers to the moon as NASA works on separate plans to return its astronauts.
But it was later renegotiated, and — all told — Intuitive Machines could receive up to $118 million from NASA for this mission.
Its stock has been on a tear recently amid its successes in space, surging up about 80% over the past five days as of Thursday afternoon.
Persons:
Steve Altemus, Jonathan Newton, Steve Atlemus, JSC Kamal Ghaffarian, Tim Crain, landers
Organizations:
Washington Post, NASA's Johnson Space Center, JSC, NASA, Payload Services
Locations:
Nova, Houston, NASA's