Three rovers and a first-of-its-kind hopping drone. After becoming the first private firm to land on the Moon last year, Intuitive Machines is aiming for its second lunar touchdown on Thursday, carrying cutting-edge payloads to support future human missions.

ET: Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander performed a successful landing on the Moon earlier today. Original article follows: A private lunar lander is gearing up for its date with destiny. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost has been in space for 44 days,

There is a robotic Moon landing happening Thursday. If this feels like déjà vu, it's because a separate lunar lander successfully touched down there just five days ago.

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.

Like Firefly Aerospace’s Ghost Riders in the Sky mission, Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver science

The latest mission, referred to as IM-2 or PRIME-1, is slated for a moon landing at 11:32 a.m. CT on March 6. Intuitive Machines and NASA will provide live event coverage, starting at 10:30 a.m. CT.

Shares of Intuitive Machines tumbled on Thursday amid uncertainty about the status of its Athena lander’s attempt to touch down on the surface of the moon today.

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

IM-2 is part of a new wave of private lunar exploration. For example, Firefly Aerospace successfully put its Blue Ghost lander down in the Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises") region of the moon's northern hemisphere just this past Sunday (March 2).

Intuitive Machines' Athena lands on moon but condition unknown. NASA and company await crucial updates amid ambitious lunar missions.

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.