Shares of Intuitive Machines (LUNR) blasted off more than 50% Wednesday, a day after the space travel support firm received a contract worth up to $4.🌊82 billion from the Nat🐠ional Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 

The company announced the agreement will have Intuitive Machines provide "communication and navigation services for missions in the near space region, which extends from Earth's surface to beyond the Moon."  The deal includes the deployment of lunar relay satellites for NASA's planned Artemis moon exploration program, which the company believes "is a strategic element in its vision to commercialize lunar activities."

Int♈uitive Machines explained that the agreement is for five years with an option for an additional five yea♑rs.

Intuitive Machines CEO Calls Deal 'Inflection Point'

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Altemus called the contract "an inflection point 🅠in Intuitive Machines' leadership in space communications and navigation," and that the company is pleased to support "endea൲vors to expand the lunar economy."

Intuitive Machines shares surged 51% to $8.16 in early afternoon trading Wednesday and have skyrocketed more than 200% this year. They reached a peak of $13.25 on Feb. 21, soon after the company reported its IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander had successfully launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

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