# Steve Altemus: person

Canonical ID: `dd95d0c3-7031-4ffe-bcb8-60ac7bf9b849`

Co-founder, President and CEO of Intuitive Machines (2013). Former NASA Johnson Space Center deputy director. Led the company from founding through the IM-1 Odysseus lunar landing (February 2024), the first American Moon landing since 1972. Became public company CEO at the SPAC merger in February 2023 (LUNR on NASDAQ).

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (1)

- [Intuitive Machines](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/intuitive-machines.md) Co-founder, President and CEO since 2013-01-01 (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Intuitive Machines](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/intuitive-machines.md) founded 2013-01-01 (cofounder)

## Sources (2)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines
2. https://time.com/7011856/intuitive-machines-ceo-steve-altemus-interview/


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