{"id":8370,"date":"2023-07-18T23:46:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/intuitive-machines-successfully-conducts-spacecraft-test-run-of-nova-c-lunar-lander\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:46:30","slug":"intuitive-machines-successfully-conducts-spacecraft-test-run-of-nova-c-lunar-lander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/intuitive-machines-successfully-conducts-spacecraft-test-run-of-nova-c-lunar-lander\/","title":{"rendered":"Intuitive Machines Successfully Conducts Spacecraft Test Run of Nova-C Lunar Lander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Nov700_638252535000109951.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Intuitive Machines Successfully Conducts Spacecraft Test Run of Nova-C Lunar Lander\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Nov700_638252535000109951.png\" style=\"opacity: 0.924255;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Nov700_638252535000109951.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Intuitive Machines, a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has successfully conducted a complete spacecraft test run of its Nova-C lunar lander \u2013 a significant technical achievement in the Company\u2019s efforts to complete its lunar lander. The complete spacecraft test run verified Nova-C\u2019s flight software, flight avionics, liquid oxygen and liquid Methane loading, high-pressure helium system performance, propulsion system complete functionality, and culminating in a hot fire of the Nova-C main engine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the most comprehensive test to date short of flying the lander in space,\u201d said Steve Altemus, Intuitive Machines Co-founder, President, and CEO. \u201cThis test run represents a crucial step forward in validating the performance of the entire Nova-C lunar lander system on its way to the Moon. The technical excellence the Intuitive Machines team showed during this comprehensive test has propelled the Company closer to delivering Nova-C to Florida for launch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complete spacecraft test run conducted at Intuitive Machines\u2019 Small Vehicle Engine Verification Facility at the Houston Spaceport is a culmination of a series of tests completed during Nova-C\u2019s production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comprehensive testing of the full lander with all its systems powered on and operating is an essential step in the process of verifying all systems are performing as expected. &nbsp;The Nova-C spacecraft systems have been undergoing significant integrated functional testing and checkout in preparation for this fully integrated performance test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intuitive Machines, a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, has successfully conducted a complete spacecraft test run of its Nova-C lunar lander \u2013 a significant technical achievement in the Company\u2019s efforts to complete its lunar lander. The complete spacecraft test run verified Nova-C\u2019s flight software, flight avionics, liquid oxygen and liquid Methane loading, high-pressure helium [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,20],"class_list":["post-8370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}