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 and Interlune are planning hardware testing of the integrated excavation technology in Houston.
Astrolab was the first company to lease testing space at the Texas A&M University Space Institute located at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Astrolab and Interlune reached an agreement to integrate Interlune excavation technology onto Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration Vehicle (FLEX).
Prototype testing for the Astrolab–Interlune integration will be centered in Houston, where both companies maintain research and development facilities and staff.
In August 2025 Interlune planned to include a multispectral camera on Astrolab’s FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) for its upcoming mission to the Moon.
The multispectral camera for Astrolab’s FLIP was developed in partnership with NASA to estimate helium-3 quantities and concentrations in lunar regolith.
Chris Hadfield advises SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Astrolab, and Planet, and is a director of public and private companies.
Griffin-1 is on a mission to deliver Astrolab’s FLIP CubeRover and additional payloads to the lunar surface.
Three commercial companies, Firefly, ispace, and Astrolab, signed memorandums of understanding with the Open Lunar Foundation to share data with the Lunar Ledger.
Astrolab leads one of the three teams selected by NASA to mature designs for a versatile Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) through the FLEX program.
Astrolab displayed a prototype of its FLEX lunar rover at the festival.
Monaco's automotive company Venturi is providing expertise in batteries and tires for lunar rover developer Astrolab.
Astrolab leads one of the three teams NASA selected last year to mature designs for a versatile Lunar Terrain Vehicle for Artemis missions starting at the end of the decade.
Astrobotic's Griffin lander will carry the 500-kilogram FLIP rover from Astrolab instead of NASA's VIPER on its CLPS mission.
FLIP is a scaled-down test model of Astrolab's crew-capable FLEX rover.
By flying FLIP first, Astrolab intends to raise the technology readiness levels of multiple aspects of FLEX, including testing lunar dust protection technologies.
Astrolab intends to use FLIP’s flight to raise the technology readiness levels of multiple systems that are part of FLEX.
Astrolab is converting a scaled-down test model of its crew-capable FLEX rover into a flight rover called FLIP.
FLIP is targeting the Moon’s south pole mid-decade contingent on Astrolab securing a lander to fly on.
Astrolab leads one of three teams that NASA selected earlier this year to mature designs for a versatile Lunar Terrain Vehicle for use across Artemis missions starting at the end of the decade.