Intuitive Machines Seeks VIPER Mission
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•Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA’s VIPER lunar rover
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Intuitive Machines says it is organizing coalition of organizations to offer to take over a NASA lunar rover mission.
Company would use its larger Nova -D lander to deliver the 500-kilogram VIPER to the lunar surface.
NASA , in July , said the agency would save at least $84 million by halting work now on the rover.
The IM-2 and IM-3 missions are in “loss positions” Intuitive Machines is also awaiting NASA ’s award of contracts for its Near Space Network Services (NSNS) program.
The company is now projecting that mission to launch in October or November of 2025 .
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