IM-5¶
Intuitive Machines · Nova-D · manifested
Launch: not in public sources. Landing: 2030 (target).
Target Mons Malapert. NASA's March 2026 release lists seven payloads, five of them NASA's; NASA's CLPS deliveries page says the Nova-D delivery (CT-4) carries six NASA payloads. MNP rides on the Australian Space Agency's Roo-ver, which NASA lists as MNP's platform. Intuitive Machines says a Honeybee Robotics rover will host NIRVSS; NASA's list does not name that rover. The name IM-5 is Intuitive Machines'.
Wikipedia: no article on this mission; the article Intuitive Machines Nova-C covers it in its section Nova-D.
| Payload | Kind | FO | Earlier flights | On the Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS); the team lists this unit as SCALPSS 2.1 | NASA payload | none | earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |
| Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System (NIRVSS) | NASA payload | company-level | Earth orbit or deep space, earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |
| Mass Spectrometer for Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) | NASA payload | none | earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |
| Multifunctional Nanosensor Platform (MNP) | NASA payload | none | aircraft (not FO) | not yet flown |
| Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) | NASA payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space, earlier lunar mission | not yet flown |
| Lunar Vehicle Radiation Dosimeter system (LVRaD), KASI | partner payload | none | Earth orbit or deep space | not yet flown |
| Sanctuary on the Moon (time capsule) | commercial payload | none | none found | not yet flown |