Nova-C is a lunar lander designed by the private company Intuitive Machines to deliver small commercial payloads to the surface of the Moon. Intuitive Machines was one of nine contractor companies selected by NASA in November 2018 to submit bids for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. Nova-C is one of three lunar landers that will be built and launched under that program. The first Nova-C lander is manifested on the IM-1 mission in early 2022, with a second lander on the IM-2 mission later that year. Both will launch on the Falcon 9 rocket.