The last time Intuitive Machines landed a spacecraft on the moon, a year ago, it ended up sideways. The company's newest Athena lander dropped out of lunar orbit as planned, carrying an ice drill, a drone and two rovers.

Intuitive Machines said on Thursday that its robotic Athena lander has landed on the moon's surface but details of the spacecraft's status and health remained unclear, a tense moment in the company's second such attempt.

"Athena is on the surface of the moon," officials representing NASA and Intuitive said at the conclusion of a livestream of the event. However, the spacecraft wasn't working quite as expected. Teams have been communicating with the vehicle,

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has put its second probe on the moon, but it was not immediately clear if the vehicle was upright and fully functioning.

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Commercial company Intuitive Machines is attempting to land a probe near the lunar south pole. If successful, it will be the second time a private company has landed on the moon in less than a week.

Intuitive Machines appeared to land its second spacecraft on the moon in a closely watched sequel mission Thursday, but the status and orientation of the Houston-based company’s vehicle was unclear.

The mission comes four days after another commercial space company, Firefly Aerospace, successfully landed its spacecraft on the moon.

Intuitive Machines’s Nova-C lander reached the moon Thursday but its orientation on the lunar surface was unknown as of Noon CST.