Intuitive Machines' shares fall; Athena lander on the moon, but health unclear

Blacksky Technology

06/03/2025 18:54

Updates

** Intuitive Machines' shares LUNR.O fall 17.7% to $11.62

** LUNR says Athena lander "is on the surface of the Moon" but spacecraft's health, orientation remains unclear

** Co to hold press conference at 3 pm CT

** 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

** Shares of Rocket Lab USA RKLB.O down 7.2%, Virgin Galactic Holdings SPCE.N down 4.3%, AST SpaceMobile ASTS.O down 6.1%

** BlackSky Technology's shares fall 23.6%, Redwire Corp RDW.N down 10.3%

** Planet Labs PL.N down 7.3%, Satellogic SATL.O down 9%

** 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

 (Reporting by Akash Sriram and Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)

 ((Akash.Sriram@thomsonreuters.com; https://twitter.com/hoodieonveshti))