Astrobotic is a private American company specializing in space robotics and lunar missions. As a lunar logistics provider, they design and manufacture lunar landers like Peregrine and Griffin, capable of carrying payloads to the Moon's surface. Astrobotic works with NASA through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, as well as with other commercial and government partners, to facilitate space exploration and technology demonstration. The company aims to make space missions more accessible and affordable.
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Cert-1 will deliver the Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,0 m (360,0 m) above Earth to intercept the Moon.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander completed all integration milestones and was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket payload adapter on 2023-11-16.
Astrobotic scheduled the Peregrine spacecraft to launch to the Moon on 2024-01-08.
About 40 minutes after separation from ULA’s Vulcan rocket, Peregrine’s propulsion system will activate and begin receiving commands from Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center.
About 40 minutes after separation from ULA’s Vulcan rocket, Peregrine’s propulsion system will activate and begin receiving commands from Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center.
Both Astrobotic’s Peregrine and Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 are carrying commercial payloads and payloads provided by NASA through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program under awards made in 2019.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander completed all its pre-launch integration activities, including fueling and mating with the payload adapter for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket, by 2023-12-19.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander completed all integration milestones and was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket payload adapter on 2023-11-16.
Cert-1 will deliver the Astrobotic Peregrine lander into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,0 m (360,0 m) above Earth to intercept the Moon.
Cert-1 will carry Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, Peregrine Mission One (PM1), as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar surface.
The primary payload for the Vulcan Centaur’s planned 2023-12-24 launch is the Peregrine lunar lander built by Astrobotic.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander is slated to launch on the inaugural Vulcan Centaur on 2023-12-24.
The Cert-1 mission includes Peregrine Mission One (PM1), the first Peregrine lunar lander for Astrobotic as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver science and technology to the lunar service.
Astrobotic's Mission Control Center (AMCC) will take control of the Peregrine lunar lander after it separates from the ULA rocket.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander arrived safely in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander will separate from the Vulcan Centaur after launch.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander will attempt one of the first successful landings of an American spacecraft on the Moon since Apollo.
Astrobotic completed a battery of industry-standard acceptance testing for the Peregrine lunar lander.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander has arrived safely in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Astrobotic will attempt a historic autonomous landing on the lunar surface.