Lunar Station’s 3D Selenospatial Analytics Solution to Aid Intuitive Machines, Winner of NASA Lunar Payload Delivery Award
Cambridge, MA, [March 30, 2020] – Lunar Station Corporation, an MIT start-up founded in 2016, has entered into a business relationship with Intuitive Machines to support its 2021 unmanned Nova-C lunar lander mission and delivery of NASA payloads to the lunar surface (https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/nasa-selects-intuitive-machines-for-robotic-return- to-the-moon-in-2021).
“We are excited to be working with the Intuitive Machines team to ensure the successful landing of their Nova-C lander and completion of their civil and commercial missions,” said Blair DeWitt, Founder and CEO of Lunar Station. “Realizing the complexity and risk involved with lunar missions, Lunar Station has positioned itself to work collaboratively with clients as specialized extensions of their teams to enhance their understanding of the lunar environment and the risks associated with lunar mission logistics.”
NASA selected Intuitive Machines as one of the first commercial Moon landing service providers on May 31, 2019 under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program (https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-first-commercial-moon-landing-services- for-artemis-program). On January 22, 2020, NASA announced it had finalized Intuitive Machine’s first scientific payloads for delivery to the lunar surface (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/first-commercial-moon-delivery-assignments-to-advance- artemis).
About Intuitive Machines
Founded in 2013, Intuitive Machines designs robust, reliable and safe autonomous solutions for industrial systems, drones, spacecraft and spacesuit modeling and simulation services. The company was founded on the belief that autonomous systems have the potential to affect every part of life, business, industry, and education, and the implications are huge across the board. Based on its expertise in designing large complex systems, Intuitive Machines combined its knowledge with the experience and lessons learned from NASA’s Project M lunar lander and Project Morpheus to develop the Nova-C Lunar Lander.