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Should NASA’s US$180.4 Million IM-5 Nova-D Lander Contract Require Action From Intuitive Machines (LUNR) Investors?
In March 2026, Intuitive Machines, Inc. announced that NASA awarded it a US$180.4 million Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract for the IM-5 mission, using the larger Nova-D lunar lander to deliver seven science and technology payloads, including the Australian Space Agency’s rover and Blue Origin’s Honeybee Robotics technologies, to the Lunar South Pole region near Mons Malapert.
The mission’s focus on Mons Malapert, a location with continuous Earth visibility and stable illumination,...