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Carnegie Mellon University

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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a research university with significant involvement in the space industry, particularly through its Robotics Institute. CMU is a key partner with NASA in space robotics research, developing robotic systems for lunar and planetary exploration, including rovers like MoonRanger and Iris. The university also leads initiatives focused on advanced manufacturing techniques for creating durable spaceflight components, working with partners like Johns Hopkins University and companies like Astrobotic.

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Brendan O'Connor of Carnegie Mellon University said that Chandra's precise X-ray localization made the study possible.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.5Mar 14, 2026Stelle ultradense: osservata collisione in una minuscola galassia

During Phase II, Astrobotic and Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated the fully integrated DALEC system in simulation, an indoor laboratory environment, and an outdoor lunar-like test environment.

CapabilityValue 4.0Mar 12, 2026Nav System for Lunar Surface Ops Advanced

Astrobotic partnered with Carnegie Mellon University on a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II project for Distributed Agent Localization Estimation for spaceCraft (DALEC).

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Mar 12, 2026Nav System for Lunar Surface Ops Advanced

Peregrine carries a shoebox-sized, 2 kg (4.4-pound) rover named Iris that was built by Carnegie Mellon students to take geological images.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jan 7, 2024LIFTOFF as ULA’s Vulcan launches America’s new rocket

The Peregrine lander carries a shoebox-sized, 2 kg (4.4-pound) rover named Iris that was built by Carnegie Mellon students to take geological images.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.4Jan 7, 2024UPDATE #5: L-1 for launch of ULA’s Vulcan flight test, fingers crossed

Peregrine carries a shoebox-sized, 2 kg (4.4-pound) rover called Iris that was built by Carnegie Mellon students to take geological images.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jan 5, 2024UPDATE 4: L-2 as ULA preps for launch of Vulcan rocket

Peregrine carries a shoebox-sized, 2 kg (4.4-pound) rover called Iris that was built by Carnegie Mellon students to take geological images.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jan 1, 2024UPDATE 3: T-minus one week until ULA’s launch of Vulcan rocket

The Peregrine lander carries a shoebox-sized, 2 kg (4.4-pound) rover named Iris built by Carnegie Mellon University students to take geological images.

CapabilityValue 4.5Dec 20, 2023UPDATE 2 ULA’s Vulcan rocket now atop the launch vehicle

An August 2022 Carnegie-Mellon University study showed that autonomous delivery services use 94% less energy than traditional delivery services.

CapabilityValue 1.2Oct 18, 2022Dronedek Integrates With A2Z Drone Delivery

The NSF grant will fund a large team of graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University to define the field of orbital edge computing and to build and launch satellites as part of a test deployment.

PlanFinancialCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 7, 2022Carnegie Mellon Engineering’s orbital edge computing work to improve smallsat capabilities

The National Science Foundation’s Cyber-Physical Systems Frontiers Program awarded a $7,000,000 grant to Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering for an orbital edge computing initiative.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Jul 7, 2022Carnegie Mellon Engineering’s orbital edge computing work to improve smallsat capabilities

The Carnegie Mellon orbital edge computing project plans to demonstrate monitoring of large-scale events, including potential use cases such as the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.6Jul 7, 2022Carnegie Mellon Engineering’s orbital edge computing work to improve smallsat capabilities

Tartan-Artibeus-1 is a sensor-equipped PocketQube nanosatellite developed at Carnegie Mellon University.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2Jan 30, 2022Carnegie Mellon University’s Tartan-Artibeus-1 Smallsat Resident In LEO

CubeRover was developed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and the NASA Kennedy Space Center with partial funding from NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program.

RelationshipsLegalValue 4.0Oct 2, 2019Astrobotic’s CubeRover Program Awarded $2 Million Contract by NASA

Partner organizations for xVIEW2 include NASA’s Earth Science Disasters Program, FEMA Region 9, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Cal Fire, the California National Guard, the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute, the United States Geological Survey, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Innovation Network.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 26, 2019Defense Innovation Unit launches new satellite imagery prize challenge

Astrobotic Technology spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2007 to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize.

GeneralValue 3.6Aug 8, 2019Apollo’s progeny: Today’s space entrepreneurs still standing on the moonshot’s shoulders

NASA’s Lunar Surface and Instrumentation and Technology Payload (LSITP) program selected Astrobotic and Carnegie Mellon University to develop MoonRanger and awarded $5,600,000 for the effort.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 4.6Jul 1, 2019Astrobotic Awarded $5.6 Million NASA Contract to Deliver Autonomous Moon Rover

Astrobotic developed the CubeRover platform in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University under a NASA technology development contract at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

RelationshipsCapabilityLegalValue 4.3Sep 27, 2018CubeRover to Develop Next Generation Planetary Rovers in Luxembourg

Astrobotic is developing a two-kilogram CubeRover with Carnegie Mellon University under a NASA Small Business Innovative Research Phase 2 award.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 27, 2018Former NASA Astronaut Greg “Box” Johnson becomes Space Nation’s chief space officer

Astrobotic and Carnegie Mellon University collaborated on a 2-kg rover prototype capable of exploring the Moon's surface in Phase I.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Mar 13, 2018Astrobotic Awarded NASA Contract 
to Develop CubeRover for Lunar Missions
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