Texas Space Commission Selects Intuitive Machines for $10 Million Grant

Houston space tech leader lands up to $10 million for Earth re-entry vehicle and lab

Houston-based space technology, infrastructure, and services company Intuitive Machines has been awarded a state grant of up to $10 million to help develop an Earth re-entry vehicle and in-space biomanufacturing lab.The Texas Space Commission approved the grant, which is coming from the state’s Space Exploration and Research Fund. Intuitive Machines says the money will support its “critical risk-reduction platform” for returning lunar samples to…

Texas Space Commission Selects Intuitive Machines for $10 Million Grant

The Texas Space Commission has selected Intuitive Machines for a grant up to $10 million from the Space Exploration and Research Fund (“SEARF”). This funding supports the development of an Earth reentry vehicle and orbital fabrication lab designed to enable microgravity biomanufacturing and is intended to serve as a critical risk-reduction platform for the Company’s future lunar sample return missions. “Returning samples from space is one of the…