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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Astrobotic completed a flight test campaign for the University of Central Florida at its Mojave, California facility on 2023-10-10.
Astrobotic’s next Xodiac campaign will provide flight testing for the three winning teams of the TechLeap Prize managed by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program.
Astrobotic acquired Masten Space Systems’ assets in September 2022 for $4,500,000.
Astrobotic completed the first campaign of test flights by the Xodiac vehicle on 2023-10-10.
Astrobotic acquired Masten Space Systems in September 2023.
Agile Space Industries supplies propulsion components to lunar exploration companies including Astrobotic and ispace.
Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One is planned to deliver a NASA rover to the Moon’s south pole in 2024.
Astrobotic is collaborating with Phil Metzger of the University of Central Florida to design and build the Floatinator hot-fire test apparatus.
Astrobotic is collaborating with Phil Metzger of the University of Central Florida to design and build a hot-fire test apparatus for the Floatinator project.
Astrobotic began work on two NASA Small Business Innovation Research contracts to further research lunar plume-surface interactions on 2023-09-06.
Astrobotic Propulsion and Test is collaborating with NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program to bring the 2023 TechRise Challenge to students in grades six through 12.
The 2023 TechRise Challenge flight will take place at Astrobotic’s Mojave, California location.
Astrobotic P&T will use the Lunar Surface Proving Ground as part of the 2023 TechRise Challenge flight campaign.
Astrobotic plans to unveil the completed LSPG later in 2023 at Astrobotic’s Propulsion & Test facility in Mojave, California.
Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh received $34,600,000 from NASA for LunaGrid-Lite, a demonstration of tethered, scalable lunar power transmission.
The 6U CubeRover will be delivered on an upcoming Astrobotic lander mission as early as 2026.
Astrobotic is developing Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) optimized to produce power at the lunar poles where the sun is low on the horizon.
The full LunaGrid system could utilize the 20-meter-tall Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) currently being developed under another NASA contract at Astrobotic.
Astrobotic won a $34,600,000 NASA Tipping Point partnership to demonstrate power transmission on the lunar surface.
Astrobotic Technology received a $34,600,000 Tipping Point award to develop technologies for its LunaGrid project to produce solar power and provide it to spacecraft on the lunar surface.