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 expects Peregrine to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, a schedule that depends on both the readiness of the lander and of ULA’s Vulcan.
Peregrine is a pathfinder for Astrobotic’s larger Griffin lander that is being built to deliver NASA’s VIPER rover to the lunar south pole in late 2023.
Astrobotic Technology displayed its nearly complete Peregrine lunar lander at its Pittsburgh headquarters on 2022-04-20.
Astrobotic planned to subject Peregrine to environmental testing within a couple of months after the 2022-04-20 event, followed by shipment to the launch site late 2022.
Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters is an approximately 50,000-square-foot facility dedicated to developing and operating lunar spacecraft.
Astrobotic unveiled the flight model of its Peregrine lunar lander on 2022-04-20 at the company’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters is an approximately 50,000-square-foot facility dedicated to developing and operating lunar spacecraft.
NASA awarded Astrobotic Technology a $199,500,000 task order under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the lunar south pole on the Griffin lander.
Astrobotic was selected to receive funding for its LiDAR-based Hazard Detection sensor (LHD) as part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities TechFlights solicitation.
Astrobotic conducted an LHD testing campaign in the Mojave Desert in 2014 that demonstrated full terrain relative navigation and hazard detection together aboard a rocket-powered lander.
LHD testing will take place in early 2023 and will be used to support landing Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander on the Moon’s surface in late 2023.
United Launch Alliance expected to receive BE-4 engines in the first quarter of 2022 to support an inaugural launch for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander in 2022.
The IM-1, IM-2, and Astrobotic’s Peregrine missions are scheduled to launch in 2022.
Astrobotic opened a Lunar Regolith Lab at its headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 2021-11-09.
Astrobotic has partnered with Hellenic Technology of Robotics to develop space-grade wheels for the CubeRover.
Astrobotic will deliver its second CubeRover to NASA early next year after mobility testing in the simulant lab, a thermal vacuum chamber, a vibration table, and other offsite test facilities.
VIPER is scheduled to arrive at the Moon in late 2023 delivered by Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander on a mission arranged through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
SpaceX won a Falcon Heavy contract from Astrobotic in April to launch the Griffin lunar lander carrying NASA’s VIPER rover as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Astrobotic won a Phase I NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to further develop sensors for three-dimensional mapping of uncooperative spacecraft and planetary bodies in real time.
Astrobotic's ALIN software solution uses LiDAR Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for navigation and mapping in space.