Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) stock soared 9.9% through 12:52 p.m. ET on Wednesday -- and it isn't even 7:17 p.m. yet. Why such ultra-specific numbers? Because according to Kennedy Space Center, 7:17 p.

IM-2 is a “very complicated” prospecting mission that will deploy a drill, hopper and rover on the lunar surface, according to the company’s CEO.

Space exploration stock Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ:LUNR) is heading for the moon after it said its second lunar launch was ready to take off. The only private company to have ever touched down on the Moon’s surface,

The IM-2 Mission, which includes the "Athena" lunar lander developed by Intuitive Machines in Houston, is scheduled to blast off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the Moon as soon as Wednesday.

Intuitive Machines went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC) two years ago, and the combined company's stock started trading at $10 on its first day and skyrocketed to its all-time high of $81.99 a week later.

In coordination with SpaceX, launch of the Company’s IM-2 mission is targeted for a multi-day launch window that opens no earlier than February 26 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Intuitive Machines was set on Wednesday for the launch of its second moon lander, aiming to make the latest private U.S. moonshot one year after the space company's first lunar mission ended early with a lopsided landing.

Intuitive Machines is "ready to go" with its second moon landing mission, a company executive said on Wednesday, a day ahead of the scheduled launch of its lunar lander. The space exploration firm is scheduled to launch its six-legged Nova-C moon lander,