IM-4¶
Intuitive Machines · Nova-C · manifested
Launch: 2027 (NASA timeline; Wikipedia). Landing: not in public sources.
Target Mons Mouton. NASA's CP-22 page counts six payloads, including ESA's PROSPECT and the LRA. PROSPECT's full name differs between the CLPS office's LPSC summary and NASA's CP-22 page.
Wikipedia: no article on this mission; the article Intuitive Machines Nova-C covers it in its section IM-4.
| Payload | Kind | FO | Earlier flights | On the Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Explorer Instrument for space biology Applications (LEIA) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space, ISS or MISSE | not yet flown |
| PROSPECT (Package for Resource Observation and in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Commercial exploitation and Transportation), ESA | partner payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space | not yet flown |
| Lunar Compact Infrared Imaging System (L-CIRiS) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space | not yet flown |
| Surface and Exosphere Alterations by Landers (SEAL) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space | not yet flown |
| Fluxgate Magnetometer (MAG) | NASA payload | none | none found | not yet flown |
| Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space, earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |