{"id":63155,"date":"2023-04-28T17:08:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=63155"},"modified":"2023-04-28T17:08:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:08:20","slug":"fratello-cigars-and-intuitive-machines-launch-the-lunar-cigar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/fratello-cigars-and-intuitive-machines-launch-the-lunar-cigar\/","title":{"rendered":"Fratello Cigars and Intuitive Machines Launch &#8218;The Lunar&#8216; Cigar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fratello Cigars is proud to unveil their latest cigar, The Lunar, in collaboration with the former NASA Deputy Center Director for Johnson Space Center and founder of Intuitive Machines, Steve Altemus, as part of Fratello&#8217;s 10th anniversary celebration.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Steve founded Intuitive Machines in 2013 and is a leading participant in NASA\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, having been awarded contracts for three missions to date. Each mission requires Intuitive Machines to design, build, launch, and land the company\u2019s Nova-C lunar lander, which aims to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon\u2019s surface to help lay the foundation for human missions and a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface. Intuitive Machines\u2019 first mission called IM-1, is scheduled to launch later this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8222;I am incredibly honored to be part of this historic moment. When Steve approached me a few years ago to create a cigar to commemorate this momentous launch, I knew we were working on something truly special,&#8220; said Omar de Frias, Founder of Fratello Cigars. &#8222;The fact that the Fratello Brand will be reaching the moon is a moment of triumph for Fratello fans around the world. During my 12 years at NASA, successful missions were always celebrated with a premium cigar. This year, that celebratory cigar will be The Lunar,&#8220; added de Frias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stephen Altemus, CEO of Intuitive Machines, stated, \u201c\u201cCapturing Intuitive Machines\u2019 spirit of exploration in a brand on Earth is an exciting collaboration,\u201d said Steve Altemus, President and CEO of Intuitive Machines. \u201cThis has been a unique and exciting experience, and Intuitive Machines is proud to be a part of creating a small piece of history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Lunar will be released in two limited production blends. The first blend features a Connecticut Shade wrapper, Mexican binder, and Dominican, Nicaragua, and Cameroon filler. The second blend is crafted with a Cameroon wrapper, Dominican binder, and Nicaragua and US filler. Both blends come in a 15-count commemorative packaging to celebrate the Nova-C launch later this year. The MSRP per cigar is set at $14.00 for the Connecticut blend and $15.00 for the Cameroon blend. The cigars are manufactured at the renowned La Aurora factory in the Dominican Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In addition to the cigars, Fratello will also debut a Limited Edition 18 Count Lunar Humidor in June. This exquisite humidor, featuring all Dominican Puro with 6-year-old aged tobaccos, will be available in limited quantities to retailers and customers worldwide. Only 175 humidors were produced for this exclusive release, with an MSRP set at $25.00 per cigar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Lunar will have scheduled launches limited to 10 select Fratello retailers, continuing Fratello&#8217;s tradition of paying homage to the space program thru their NASA Inspired Exclusives, following the success of Navetta and Navetta Inverso blends.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fratello Cigars and Intuitive Machines Launch &#8218;The Lunar&#8216; Cigar to Celebrate NASA&#8217;s Historic Moon Landing Mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":63156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[4950,8875],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63158,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63155\/revisions\/63158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}