Intuitive Machines wins its sixth NASA CLPS award, worth up to $148.3M, for another Nova-C delivery

Intuitive Machines/Nova-C

NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a firm-fixed-price contract worth up to $148.3 million for a production-line-qualified Nova-C lunar lander by 2028. The award includes $68.6 million base and $79.7 million performance incentive for proving repeatable manufacturing. Payloads include lunar soil plume cameras, laser reflector and radiation monitor.

• Total contract value: up to $148.3M ($68.6M base + $79.7M performance incentive for product-line qualification)
• Delivery deadline: no later than 2028; demonstrates NASA's accelerated lunar delivery schedule
• Payloads: cameras studying engine plume effects on lunar soil, laser reflector, radiation monitor
• Sixth CLPS task order reflects Intuitive Machines' high-volume lunar utility pipeline development