Intuitive Machines is a private spaceflight company. The IM-1 mission has been contracted by NASA under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to build and fly a lander to the surface of the moon.

For a successful mission the Nova-C lander needs to soft-land on the moon such that the landing does not interfere with the function of the payloads, and the mission timeline is not cut by more than 50%. IM-1 is followed by IM-2 and IM-3.

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IM-1 landed at February 22, 2024, 23:23:00 UTC, the mission is planned to continue until lunar night. The payloads that need to be confirmed to be functional for a YES resolution are:

[ \ ] ROLSES: Radio Observations of the Lunar Surface Photoelectron Sheath

[ \ ] LRA: Laser Retro-Reflector Array

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[ \ ] NDL: Navigation Doppler Lidar for Precise Velocity and Range Sensing

[ ] SCALPSS: Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies

[ \ ] LN-1: Lunar Node 1 Navigation Demonstrator

[ \ ] RFMG: Radio Frequency Mass Gauge statement

[ ] ILO-X: International Lunar Observatory Assosciation

[ ] = Not confirmed to be functional

[ \ ] = Claimed to be functional

[ X ] = Mission requirements have been confirmed to be completed