NASA confirmed on X that Athena, which was built by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, touched down on the moon at approximately 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Shares of Intuitive Machines (LUNR) tumbled Thursday amid uncertainty about the status of its Athena lander’s attempt to touch down on the surface of the moon today. Intuitive Machines and NASA ended a livestream of Athena's lunar landing on Thursday afternoon amid confusion about the lander's status.

By Joey Roulette and Akash Sriram WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft does not appear to be upright on the surface of the moon, similar to last year's landing, the startup said at a press conference on Thursday.