Venturi Astrolab, also known as Astrolab, is a US-based company that designs, builds, and operates multi-purpose rovers for lunar and Martian surfaces. As a strategic partner of the Venturi Group, it focuses on providing mobility solutions for crew transport, cargo delivery, and scientific exploration. Their primary product is the FLEX rover, designed for versatility and adaptability in extreme environments and they have partnered with companies like SpaceX and Astrobotic for lunar missions, and is working with NASA to develop a Lunar Terrain Vehicle for the Artemis program.
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Venturi Astrolab is Venturi Space’s strategic partner.
NASA has selected the CLV-1 rover developed by Venturi Astrolab to transport astronauts across the Moon from 2028.
Venturi Astrolab’s Crewed Lunar Vehicle CLV-1 is based on the company’s FLEX rover architecture.
NASA selected Venturi Astrolab, Inc. as one of two providers of a crewed lunar rover for the Artemis campaign.
Venturi Astrolab plans to send the FLIP precursor to the Moon on the Griffin-1 lander this year.
Venturi Astrolab is building the FLEX Rover.
The Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services competition has three named feasibility contract holders: Intuitive Machines, Venturi Astrolab, and Lunar Outpost.
Venturi Space is a strategic partner of U.S.-based Venturi Astrolab and contributes wheel and battery technologies to the FLIP and FLEX lunar rover programmes.
Astroport’s proprietary autonomous construction tools are being integrated with Venturi Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover.
Astroport Space Technologies and Venturi Astrolab completed a field demonstration using a prototype of a specialized lunar excavator payload.
Jaret Matthews is the CEO of Venturi Astrolab.
The completed excavator field demonstration is the first in a planned suite of automated lunar construction solutions from Astroport and Venturi Astrolab.
Venturi Astrolab’s FLEX rover is described as a mobility platform designed for operations on the lunar surface.
Astroport Space Technologies and Venturi Astrolab signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a unified “Science-to-Construction” pipeline for lunar site preparation.
Under the MoU, Venturi Astrolab’s FLEX rover will serve as the primary industrial workhorse for Astroport’s suite of automated civil engineering implements.
The integrated Astroport–Venturi Astrolab system is intended to enable large-scale autonomous construction operations on the Moon.
Venturi Astrolab is building a lunar rover named Mona Luna to be included in the Argonaut mission.
NASA selected three companies, Venturi Astrolab, Lunar Outpost, and Intuitive Machines, for LTV development in April 2024.
Jaret Matthews, founder and CEO of Venturi Astrolab, stated that NASA's request for two proposals suggests the possibility of selecting two companies from the three.
NASA awarded contracts to Venturi Astrolab, Lunar Outpost, and Intuitive Machines in April 2024 to work on feasibility studies for the next-gen Moon vehicles.