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 plans to begin deploying and demonstrating LunaGrid elements as early as 2026 with the goal of the first operational LunaGrid by 2028 at the lunar south pole.
Astrobotic finalized the acquisition of the assets of Masten Space Systems for $4,500,000 in a bankruptcy auction earlier in the month and confirmed the deal on 2022-09-13.
Astrobotic will hire back Masten’s workforce, expanding its staff to more than 200 employees between Mojave and Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters.
Astrobotic plans to provide LunaGrid power service to NASA’s Artemis program, decadal-class science missions, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions, international space agency missions, and commercial businesses.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander is planned to support a mission at the end of 2022.
Astrobotic acquired Masten Space Systems on 2022-09-13.
Neither Intuitive Machines nor Impulse Space raised their bids at the auction, resulting in Astrobotic winning the auction.
A federal bankruptcy court in Delaware approved on 2022-09-08 the results of an auction in which Astrobotic submitted a high bid of $4,500,000 for substantially all the assets of Masten Space Systems.
Astrobotic was selected by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research Sequential Phase II program to develop, test, and fly lunar night survival and communication technologies onboard its CubeRover platform.
Astrobotic has been subcontracted by Advanced Cooling Technologies on a separate NASA Sequential SBIR worth $1,800,000 to develop, integrate, and demonstrate lunar night thermal systems aboard lunar rovers and landers.
Astrobotic was selected by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Sequential Phase II program to develop, test, and fly lunar night survival and communication technologies onboard the company’s CubeRover platform.
Astrobotic has been subcontracted by Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. on a separate NASA Sequential SBIR valued at $1,800,000 to develop, integrate, and demonstrate lunar night thermal systems aboard lunar rovers and landers.
Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania received a $6,200,000 award for vertical solar array development.
Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania received a $6,200,000 award to develop a vertical solar array prototype.
Astrobotic has been subcontracted by Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. on a separate NASA Sequential SBIR contract worth $1,800,000 to develop, integrate, and demonstrate lunar night thermal systems aboard lunar rovers and landers.
Astrobotic was selected by NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research Sequential Phase II program to develop, test, and fly lunar night survival and communication technologies onboard its CubeRover platform.
Testing with Peregrine and the Deep Space Network was conducted over two weeks and culminated in confirmation that Peregrine can successfully transmit data and receive commands through the Deep Space Network to Astrobotic’s Mission Control Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Masten received a stalking-horse bid of $4,200,000 from Astrobotic that includes a SpaceX launch credit valued at $14,000,000.
Astrobotic agreed to make the stalking-horse bid for substantially all of Masten’s assets by 2025-08-10.
Masten began serious conversations with Astrobotic on 2025-08-03, that led to the asset sale agreement.