Sciaky EBAM-made part lands on moon in IM-1 mission lander’s engine

Sciaky recently manufactured a critical part for Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission to the moon. The part, printed with a difficult-to-deposit refractory alloy on one of the company’s electron beam additive manufacturing systems, took 16 hours to complete.

The part is the upper section of the main engine nozzle, which provides the main source of thrust for descent. Sciaky produced two additional upper nozzle sections, which were provided to Intuitive Machines for testing under hot fire conditions. When the part was determined as suitable for end use, it was assembled into the Nova-C lunar lander, Odysseus, for the IM-1 mission.

The IM-1 mission successfully landed the spacecraft on the moon's south pole region, returning the U.S. to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.