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| Attribute | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | ISRO | Intuitive Machines | Blue Origin |
| Prime contractor | ISRO | Intuitive Machines | Blue Origin (with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Draper, Astrobotic, Honeybee Robotics on prime team) |
| Status | Landed | Landed | In development |
| Customer | ISRO | NASA-CLPS | NASA-HLS |
| Launch date | 2023-07-14 | 2025-02-27 | 2030 (NET — Artemis V crewed); uncrewed demo 2027 |
| Landing date | 2023-08-23 | 2025-03-06 | — |
| Landing site | Statio Shiv Shakti, 69.37°S — first soft landing near lunar south pole | Mons Mouton plateau, lunar south pole (~400 m off target) | Lunar south pole — 30-day surface stays |
| Payload | Pragyan rover 27 kg + lander Vikram 1,749 kg (2023-08-23) | 10 payloads delivered (2025-03-06) | 20 t reusable / 30 t one-way to surface; crew 2-4 for up to 30 days (2026-01-04) |
| Contract value | ₹6.15B (~$75M USD) (2023-07-14) | $62.5M (2025-02-27) | $3.4B (2023-05-19) |
| Outcome | First soft landing near the lunar south pole and first lunar landing by ISRO. Pragyan rover traversed ~100 m over 10 lunar days, confirmed sulfur, aluminium, calcium, iron, chromium, titanium, manganese, silicon, oxygen at the landing site. Lander 'hopped' to a secondary location demonstrating reusable propulsion. | Soft-landed but tipped onto its side after altimeter failure caused the lander to strike a plateau and skid into a crater rim. Power depleted within ~24 hours; ~250 MB of data transmitted including TRIDENT drill range-of-motion demonstration. | Selected May 2023 as second HLS provider for sustained Artemis-era lunar operations. Full-scale prototype delivered to NASA Johnson Space Center in early 2026 for astronaut training. Completed third pressurized suit-test campaign with NASA Johnson's Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS). |
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