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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Peregrine completed testing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and will return to Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters for final preparations before shipping to Cape Canaveral.
NASA awarded one of the first CLPS task orders to Astrobotic for the Peregrine mission in May 2019 and identified Lacus Mortis as the landing location at that time.
Astrobotic completed testing of the Peregrine lander on 2023-01-25 and is awaiting ULA’s authorization to ship the spacecraft to Cape Canaveral for pre-launch processing.
NASA announced on 2023-02-02 that Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission will attempt a landing near the Gruithuisen Domes on the northeast edge of Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon’s near side.
The first Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions by Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines are scheduled to launch in 2023 carrying NASA payloads to the surface of the Moon.
Astrobotic Technologies previously performed electromagnetic interference testing of the Peregrine lander.
Astrobotic Technologies has completed testing of its Peregrine lunar lander and is ready to ship it to Cape Canaveral for launch.
Astrobotic Technologies and United Launch Alliance have not announced a formal launch date for the Peregrine mission.
Astrobotic Technologies completed thermal vacuum testing of its Peregrine lander on January 25.
Peregrine completed EMI/EMC testing ahead of schedule and will arrive back at Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters on 2022-12-23.
Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines are planning launches of their first lunar landers in early 2023.
The Astrobotic team is working on an aggressive schedule for delivery to the launch site.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander successfully passed its first two acceptance tests.
Astrobotic received a $3,000,000 RACP award from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support the Keystone Space Innovation Center facility.
Agile Space Industries is supplying thrusters for robotic lunar landers being built by Astrobotic Technology and ispace.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander departed Astrobotic headquarters on 2022-11-16 and is headed to test facilities for final acceptance testing prior to its first launch to the Moon in 2023-01-01.
Astrobotic Technology Inc. received a Phase 1 award under the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime program.
On 2022-11-03, Astrobotic validated its Optical Precision Autonomous Landing (OPAL) terrain relative navigation landing suite during a week-long terrestrial flight test campaign above the mountains of the northern Mojave Desert in California.
OPAL is planned to be used as part of the precision landing and hazard detection sensor suite for Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One carrying NASA’s VIPER rover to the Moon in late 2024.
United Launch Alliance delayed Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander flight on the inaugural Vulcan Centaur to the first quarter of 2023 to give Astrobotic more time to complete its lander.