NASA gives Intuitive Machines $117 million for 2027 mission to moon's south pole

Illustration of a reddish, gold and silver spacecraft on the surface of the moon.

Intuitive Machines just scored a contract for another robotic moon mission.

NASA has awarded the Houston-based company, which earlier this year aced the first-ever private lunar landing, a $116.9 million deal to carry six agency science instruments to the lunar south pole in 2027.