Intuitive Machines falls ahead of second landing on lunar surface

Shares of Intuitive Machines LUNR.O down 2.8% at $13.72

Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft closes in on a landing spot near the moon's south pole, marking the company's second mission to the lunar surface

Austin-based Firefly Aerospace this month celebrated a clean touchdown of its Blue Ghost lander, making the most successful soft landing by a private company to date

Houston-based Intuitive Machines' first moon-landing attempt almost a year ago, using its Odysseus lander, marked the first successful touchdown attempt at the time by a private company

Among the payloads is Lonestar Data Holdings' first lunar data center and Nokia's equipment to set up the first cellular network on the moon

Up to last close, LUNR up ~165% in the past 12 months