Surface mobility (rover)CancelledTrust: Agency-primaryLast verified
Moon RACER (LTV — not selected in March 2026 downselect)
Prime contractor: Intuitive Machines
Project facts
- Prime contractor
- Intuitive Machines
- Competing contractors
- Lunar Outpost, Venturi Astrolab
- Award date
- Contract value
- $30M feasibility award (April 2024); no build contractas of [3]Not selected in NASA's March 2026 'Ignition' downselect — build contracts went to Astrolab ($219M) and Lunar Outpost ($220M); the original $1.692B IDIQ ceiling no longer reflects the rescoped program
Customers
NASA LTV
Overview
Intuitive Machines' Moon RACER team includes AVL, Boeing, Michelin, and Northrop Grumman. Rover was to be delivered via the company's Nova-D cargo-class lunar lander variant. NASA did not select Moon RACER in the March 2026 'Ignition' LTV downselect, ending its path to a NASA build contract under the rescoped program.
Source bibliography
- [1]SEC EDGAR (Intuitive Machines 8-K)retrievedhttps://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001844452/000184445224000043/ex991ltvs_finalx3apr2024.htm
- [2]Wikipedia (NASA-sourced)retrievedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Terrain_Vehicle
- [3]Payloadretrievedhttps://payloadspace.com/nasa-awards-ltv-lunar-transport-contracts/
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