The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Intuitive Machines: 1 model, 2 deployments across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
Intuitive Machines holds 2 Regulatory filing, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Overview
Intuitive Machines is a US commercial lunar-lander and space-services company based in Houston, Texas, maker of the Nova-C autonomous lunar lander (Odysseus), which achieved the first US lunar landing since 1972 in February 2024 under Nasa's CLPS program.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Robot
Customers
CEO
Revenue
Missions
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Intuitive Machines has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1AstroForge1× joint2 total
Most recent
- with AstroForgeoperating
Intuitive Machines on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Mar 2025. Explore where Intuitive Machines's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Intuitive Machines, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is Intuitive Machines?
What is autonomous space systems?
Current leadership (3)
- Steve Altemus Co-founder, President and CEOsince 2013-01-01secondary-verified
- Kamal Ghaffarian Co-founder and Executive Chairmansince 2013-01-01secondary-verified
- Tim Crain Co-founder and CTOsince 2013-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Steve Altemuscofounderfounded 2013-01-01
- Kamal Ghaffariancofounderfounded 2013-01-01
- Tim Craincofounderfounded 2013-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Intuitive Machines.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Intuitive Machines2 deployments
Recent coverage
Intuitive Machines in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Intuitive Machines competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- sec_10k
- Revenue disclosed
- $210100000 (sec_10k)
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Intuitive Machines has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with AstroForgeoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1AstroForge1× joint2 total
Regulatory filings (2)
- CLPS Task Order (IM-2 / PRIME-1)other · othergranted
Linked models: Nova-C Lander
- CLPS Task Order (IM-1)other · othergranted
Linked models: Nova-C Lander
Timeline
Every recorded move in Intuitive Machines’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipAstroForge x Intuitive Machines (Rideshare)
2023-12-11AstroForge's Odin spacecraft launched as a rideshare payload on Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar mission (Feb 2025), and the upcoming DeepSpace-2/Vestri spacecraft is planned to launch on IM-3 in late 2026. Intuitive Machines provides the launch transport to deep space for AstroForge's asteroid missions.
Key hireSteve Altemus joins as Co-founder, President and CEO
2013-01-01Steve Altemus appointed Co-founder, President and CEO (current)
Key hireTim Crain joins as Co-founder and CTO
2013-01-01Tim Crain appointed Co-founder and CTO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Intuitive Machines IM-1 Nova-C landing
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 6, 2025
Nova-C Lander at The Moon
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedFeb 22, 2024
Nova-C Lander at The Moon
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Intuitive Machines.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Intuitive Machines from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Intuitive Machines Books 2-Satellite Order for Unnamed Customer
Intuitive Machines has secured a two-satellite order for an unnamed commercial customer. The order is for two IM 300 platforms, the same platform that has supported Space…
Moonshot to Money: Intuitive Machines Lands $600M Defense Win
Intuitive Machines shares rose over 8% after a $600 million satellite contract expanded its backlog to $1.8 billion, prompting a Stifel upgrade and stronger revenue guidance.
Intuitive Machines Wins $600+ Million Multi-Satellite Communications Program With Undisclosed Customer
Intuitive Machines has received authorization to proceed on a multi-satellite communications infrastructure program with an anticipated value of more than $600 million,…
Back From Orbit, Intuitive Machines' Share Price Enters the Buy Zone
Intuitive Machines missed Q2 revenue and EPS estimates, but its $1.8 billion backlog, analyst Buy ratings, and institutional buying point to a path toward profitability.
Intuitive Machines wins contract for three GEO satellites
Intuitive Machines announced Aug. 13 that it won a $600 million contract from an undisclosed customer for three geostationary orbit communications satellites. The post Intuitive…
NASA Provides Updates on Moon Base Cargo Landers, Tech Demonstrations
NASA is making progress in building the Moon Base, which will become a resilient outpost near the Moon’s South Pole for science, technology, and eventual human operations. To…
NASA Delivers Navigation System for Commercial Lunar Relay
NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone…
Meta Cloud Business; NASA Lunar Lander Contracts | Stock Movers
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Space companies including FireFly Aerospace (FLY) Intuitive Machines (LUNR) and Voyager Technologies (VOYG) shares are moving on news that NASA…
Intuitive Machines wins $148.3M NASA moon base contract
Intuitive Machines wins $148.3M firm-fixed-price NASA contract to deliver sensors to moon surface. One of three moon base contracts.
Intuitive Machines Q1 2026: Record Revenue $186.7M, Positive EBITDA
Intuitive Machines reports record Q1 2026 revenue of $186.7M, 3x Q1 2025. Positive adjusted EBITDA $2.7M. Record backlog. NASDAQ: LUNR.
Intuitive Machines IM-2 Lunar Lander Successfully Commissioned
Intuitive Machines IM-2 lunar lander successfully commissioned. In 2024, Nova-C Odysseus landed on Moon, returning US to lunar surface.
Nova-C Lander — Wikipedia ($118M per spacecraft, IM-2 mission)
Intuitive Machines Nova-C class lunar lander. Average cost $118M per spacecraft. IM-2 launched Feb 27, 2025. Next mission IM-3 planned.
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- Revision history: /companies/intuitive-machines/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
Video
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NASA handed Intuitive Machines its sixth CLPS task order worth up to $148 million — structured so the bigger slice only pays out if the company proves its Nova-
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Intuitive Machines draws attention at the 81st percentile but verifies reality at the 35th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +45.3, 8th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 4, 2026