IM-1 lunar lander
Intuitive Machines says the funds from the deal will fund its business plan, which includes a series of lunar lander missions like IM-1 (above), through profitability in two to three years.

Intuitive Machines, a company developing lunar landers and related capabilities for NASA and other customers, will go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), it announced Sept. 16.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...