Deployment
Nova-C Lander at The Moon
Commercial lunar lander using terrain-relative navigation cameras, a laser range finder and NASA's Navigation Doppler Lidar for autonomous hazard-relative descent.
Nova-C Lander by Intuitive Machines · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
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Key facts
- Mission
- IM-2 (Athena)
- Outcome
- Landed near the lunar south pole 2025-03-06; altimeter failed during descent, struck a plateau and TIPPED into a crater on its side; solar orientation drained the battery; declared dead, mission ended early (failed)
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-06-05
- Model
- Nova-C Lander
- Company
- Intuitive Machines
- Location
- The Moon
- Status
- ended
- First seen
- 2025-03-06
- ID
334918a0-261e-4b1b-a5ff-1e244a1f497a
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-05
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: space
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Nova-C Lander at The Moon.Common questions
- What is the Nova-C Lander deployment at The Moon?
- Nova-C Lander, built by Intuitive Machines, is recorded as a deployment at The Moon on the DEPLOY registry. Intuitive Machines operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Nova-C Lander at The Moon?
- Intuitive Machines, the manufacturer of Nova-C Lander, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- When did the Nova-C Lander deployment at The Moon go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting March 6, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Is the Nova-C Lander deployment at The Moon still active?
- As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.
- Have there been incidents at the Nova-C Lander deployment at The Moon?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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