Intuitive Machines (LUNR) shares were up over 19% in early trading Friday after the commercial space startup’s lander made a historic moon landing.

The Houston-based company's spacecraft—named Odysseus after the mythological Greek hero—landed Thursday night, with the firm posting on 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that the spaceship was “upright and starting to send data.”

The landing marks the first time a U.S.-made spaceship has touched the moon’s surface in one piece since 1972 when NASA completed the final Apollo astronaut visit. The U.S. space agency is reportedly paying Intuitive Machines $118 million to deliver scientific instruments to the moon.

Until Intuitive Machines' moon landing, no private firm had succeeded in landing their spaceships intact on the moon.

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic struggled with engine failure just after reaching space in January, and last year, Japan's Ispace lost contact with its spaceship.

Intuitive Machines shares were trading 19.7% higher at $9.92 as of about 10 a.m. ET Friday, and have more than tripled in value so far this year.