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Spinoff story

With NASA’s Help, the Moon Becomes a Commercial Destination

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

Several engineers who worked on the experimental Morpheus lander at Johnson Space Center have applied that technical knowledge to building a commercial lunar lander at Intuitive Machines LLC in Houston. The Nova-C will carry commercial and NASA payloads to the Moon under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.