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Houston-based Intuitive Machines is building a nearly 13-foot-tall lunar lander, the Nova-C, that’s set to deliver commercial cargo and NASA-provided payloads to the moon in the fourth quarter of 2021. The 102-person company was founded in 2013 by two former NASA employees and the former CEO of a company that provided engineering services to NASA. Houston-based Intuitive Machines is building a nearly 13-foot-tall lunar lander, the Nova-C, that’s set to deliver commercial cargo and NASA-provided payloads to the moon in the fourth quarter of 2021. The 102-person company was founded in 2013 by two former NASA employees and the former CEO of a company that provided engineering services to NASA.

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