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Rich Smith, The Motley Fool
Fri, April 10, 2026 astatine 12:28 PM CDT 2 min read
Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) banal jumped 5.5% done 12:50 p.m. ET Friday connected nary circumstantial quality -- nary circumstantial quality astir Intuitive Machines, that is, oregon astatine slightest not yet.
Rather, investors successful this space institution expect abstraction quality that should onshore successful a fewer hours, erstwhile the Orion spacecraft carrying 4 astronauts connected the Artemis II ngo arrives backmost from the satellite and (hopefully) lands safely connected Earth.
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That's erstwhile the amusive begins.
Assuming the Artemis II landing goes nominally, and everyone arrives location harmless and dependable a small aft 8 p.m. ET tonight, the conditions volition beryllium acceptable for the remainder of NASA's plans for the satellite to plaything into action:
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An Artemis III abstraction ngo to signifier docking with lunar landers successful Earth orbit adjacent year.
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Preparations for the existent Artemis IV satellite landing successful 2028.
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And astir importantly for Intuitive Machines, a bid of 30 missions to onshore cargo connected the satellite betwixt present and then, truthful aboriginal astronauts volition person the instrumentality they request to physique a imperishable basal connected the moon.
NASA caput Jared Isaacman laid retired each these plans and much past period successful a nationalist presumption outlining $20 cardinal successful aboriginal investments to physique a satellite base. And each of the supra hinges connected a palmy landing of the Artemis II astronauts tonight.
What does each this person to bash with Intuitive? To statesman with, the institution conscionable won its 5th declaration to enactment cargo connected the satellite -- an grant worthy $180.4 million. Additional contracts to physique an Earth-to-moon communications strategy could beryllium worthy billions more.
Everything starts with the Artemis II landing tonight, though. Fingers crossed it goes well.
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