Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Nova-C launched
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The Falcon-9 rocket, which will carry Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander, Nova-C, into orbit, was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first lunar landing attempt of the US-based Intuitive Machines (IM) company, the IM-1 mission, has begun. The Falcon-9 rocket carrying the lunar lander Nova-C, designed by IM, was successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 09:06 GMT. It was announced that the first stage booster of the Falcon-9 rocket, belonging to the civilian space transportation company SpaceX and featuring reusability, will land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida after launch. It was learned that within the scope of
Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission, it will carry scientific and technological payloads to the lunar surface for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Intuitive Machines, operating as a publicly traded company, is known to have signed a 3-year contract with NASA to transport cargo to the lunar surface under the CLPS program. The launch, which was expected to take place yesterday under normal circumstances to initiate the IM-1 mission, was postponed due to technical issues.
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