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 designed and constructed the GLAM at its 'Moon Base' headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Astrobotic’s Griffin Lander Analog Model (GLAM) arrived at NASA Johnson Space Center after being transported more than 1,483 km early 2021-03.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One patch will be available to the general public through Astrobotic’s new online store anticipated to launch in early April 2021.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One (PM1) is set to launch later 2021.
Sarah Huth is Astrobotic’s graphic designer and designed the Peregrine Mission One patch to reference previous historic missions using Peregrine bird imagery as a nod to NASA’s Apollo 11 patch.
Astrobotic won a $199,500,000 CLPS task order in June 2020 to deliver VIPER on a late-2023 mission.
Astrobotic’s first lander is scheduled to arrive at the Moon in December 2023 launching on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.
Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (GM1) will deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the South Pole of the Moon in late 2023.
Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based company, awarded Frontier Aerospace a January contract to build 700-pound-thrust axial engines for the Griffin lunar lander.
Frontier Aerospace built 150-pound and 10-pound thrusters for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander.
Frontier Aerospace is scheduled to deliver flight-qualified Griffin engines to Astrobotic in 2022.
Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines won the first two CLPS awards in 2019 for missions scheduled to launch later in the year the article was published.
Astrobotic won a CLPS award to deliver a NASA rover called VIPER in 2023.
A NASA-designed and provided NDL is flying on Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission in 2021.
NASA awarded a $199,500,000 contract to Astrobotic in June 2020 under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
Astrobotic selected Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL) from Psionic for its late 2023 mission to deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the lunar South Pole.
Astrobotic won a CLPS award in June to deliver NASA’s VIPER lunar rover to the south pole of the moon in late 2023 and has not announced the launch vehicle for that mission.
Astrobotic partnered with NASA Kennedy Space Center under a $2,000,000 Tipping Point contract to conduct testing in KSC’s Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations laboratory.
Astrobotic performed more than 150 mobility tests with eleven sets of wheels in a 120-ton enclosure at NASA Kennedy Space Center designed to mimic the lunar surface.
United Launch Alliance plans to have both the Vulcan Centaur and its first customer, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, on the launch pad by the end of 2021.