Intuitive Machines flight controllers successfully fired the first liquid methane and liquid oxygen engine in space, completing the IM-1 mission engine commissioning. This engine firing included a full thrust mainstage engine burn and throttle down-profile necessary to land on the Moon. 🧵(16FEB2024 2020 CST) 1/3

Over the next eight hours, flight controllers will analyze the engine burn data collected from over 270,000 km away from Earth. This represents another first for Intuitive Machines, demonstrating one of the critical technologies required to land softly on the surface of the Moon. 2/3

The IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander continues to be in excellent health, in a stable orientation and remains on schedule for a lunar landing opportunity on the afternoon of February 22. We expect to continue to provide mission updates at least once a day on X and the IM-1 Mission webpage. 3/3

Congrats! This is a huge milestone, not just for IM-1 but future spacecraft that will use Methalox! Well done!

Looking sharp tonight. IM-1 is starting to separate more now at the bottom from the Falcon 9 second stage at the top of the image compared to the images I captured last night.

$LUNR -- "ACTUALLY LANDING ON THE MOON" Thursday afternoon, February 22nd. 🚀🚀🚀Stock price UP again Friday!!!! IMO - this will continue to rocket until touchdown on the lunar surface!!!! NEXT WEEK WILL BE INSANE!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 NFA

Thank you for posting these very informative updates! Many of us are following the flight of your vehicle with great interest.

Awesome!!! Flame on!!! 😎🚀🔥🔥🔥

50 years later: new fuel, same dream! Intuitive Machines reignites the lunar flame 🔥

Congratulations you guys

Old shuttle flight controller here. Love your control room layout.