Astrolab is a U.S.-based company focused on designing, building, and operating multi-purpose rovers for planetary surface exploration. Their primary product is the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover, designed for cargo delivery, crew transport, and scientific exploration on the Moon, Mars and beyond. Astrolab has a contract with NASA to develop a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for the Artemis program and has partnered with SpaceX to deliver its FLEX rover to the Moon.
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Astrolab’s Crewed Lunar Vehicle CLV-1 is derived from the company’s FLEX architecture and is designed to transport astronauts, supplies, and remote operations support.
NASA awarded two $220 million contracts for lunar terrain vehicles to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost.
Astrolab's NASA contract covers its CLV-1 FlexRover architecture.
Base Lunare II is scheduled to launch later in 2026 on Astrobotic’s Griffin lander with more than 500 kg of payload, including Astrolab’s FLIP rover.
NASA awarded Astrolab $219 million and Lunar Outpost $220 million for the first phase of lunar terrain vehicle development and delivery.
Under the NASA task order, Astrolab and its teammates will develop and deliver CLV-1 and related services for crewed and robotic surface missions.
Astrolab’s FLEX rover is designed to support astronaut operations, logistics, and construction.
Astrolab’s FLEX rover is targeting future commercial missions and Artemis-program missions.
Astrolab’s FLIP rover includes NASA-funded research projects to study regolith and map the lunar surface.
Astrolab is heading to the Moon this year with its FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover carrying science payloads for the lunar South Pole.
Astrolab’s FLIP rover is the company’s first mission to the lunar surface.
Astrolab’s FLIP rover will collect in-situ data to help develop the larger Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover.
NASA did not select Lunar Outpost, Astrolab, and Intuitive Machines proposals for its original lunar terrain vehicle competition after the Ignition event.
Astrolab’s FLIP lunar rover has an open-space opportunity on a CLPS mission.
Astrolab’s FLIP mission includes OIP Sensor Systems’ LandCam-X camera on behalf of the European Space Agency.
Six companies have signed up for the Lunar Ledger: ispace, Firefly, Astrolab, JAOPS, Dymon, and SpaceData.
NASA asked Astrolab, Intuitive Machines, and Lunar Outpost to revise their Lunar Terrain Vehicle proposals to offer a smaller, simpler rover that could be ready earlier.
Astrolab has more than 100 people in the area working on the first phase of its NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle award.
Astrolab and Intuitive Machines will lease space in the Texas A&M Space Institute when it opens.
Jaret Matthews, founder and CEO of Astrolab, positions FLEX as a rover aimed at commercial and government Moon missions.