# NASA awards Intuitive Machines $47M for lunar ice-mining drill mission

NASA selected Intuitive Machines to deliver the PRIME-1 ice-mining drill to the Moon in December 2022 under a $47 million contract as part of the CLPS initiative.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-01-05
- Where: United States
- Value: $47.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: ice-mining drill, mass spectrometer
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [NASA](https://endata.com/companies/6403.md) (customer)
- [Intuitive Machines](https://endata.com/companies/52291.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [thomasnet.com](https://www.thomasnet.com/insights/nasa-awards-intuitive-machines-47-million-to-deliver-ice-mining-drill-to-the-moon/), 2021-01-05: "NASA has selected Intuitive Machines to deliver a robotic ice-drilling mission to the Moon in December 2022."

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