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2 Space Stocks You've Never Heard Of Before Just Won $439 Million to Build NASA Lunar Rovers

NASA shut Intuitive Machines out from the LTV contract -- or did it?

2 Space Stocks You've Never Heard Of Before Just Won $439 Million to Build NASA Lunar Rovers

2 Space Stocks You've Never Heard Of Before Just Won $439 Million to Build NASA Lunar Rovers

Published June 10, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

By now, you've heard the news: Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) has lost the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) contract, at least for now, "helping" to set the stage for a rapid-fire 33% sell-off in the space stock's shares last week. Wall Street analysts had been betting on NASA to reward Intuitive, the first space company to land on the moon since the Apollo era half a century ago, with a lunar rover contract, too.

Instead, NASA picked two lower-profile space companies to build its first two rovers: privately held Astrolab and Lunar Outpost.

Image source: Astrolab.

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