Intuitive Machines Finishes Operations Center at Houston’s Spaceport

Houston-based Intuitive Machines just completed building its Lunar Operations and Production Center and is already preparing to send its first lunar lander product to Florida to support a NASA mission. The lander was built at its old facilities.

Intuitive Machines broke ground on its $40 million center at the Houston Spaceport in December 2021. The center spans 12.5 acres and includes 125,000 square feet of office and production space, including 45-foot cranes intended to move the landers through the facility.

The company’s Nova Lunar Lander could be ready for a moon landing as early as Nov. 15, though an exact date is conditional on NASA’s launch schedule and the availability of SpaceX rockets. Intuitive Machines would be the first private company to touch down on the moon’s surface. It expects to make a number of lunar landers in the near future.