Shares of Intuitive Machines ( LUNR 7.99%) fell this week. The company's stock plunged 18.9% as of 3:20 p.m. ET on Friday, and was down as much as 22.3% earlier in the week. The steep decline comes amid broader market weakness, with the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC 1.90%) down 2.4% and the Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC 2.37%) down 2.5%.

Less than a day after Intuitive Machines landed on the Moon, the company declared an early end to its mission after its Athena spacecraft would up lying sideways on the lunar surface.

Intuitive Machines' Athena lunar lander is dead, just one day after it touched down at the moon's south pole and tipped over. Luckily, the company says it

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.

Based on a reading from an inertial measurement unit inside the vehicle, most likely Athena is lying on its side. This is the same fate Odysseus met last year, when it skidded into the Moon, broke a leg, and toppled over.

Intuitive Machines' lunar mission failed, causing a 73% stock decline from the highs, and raising concerns about their designs. Explore more details here.