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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A NASA-designed and provided Navigation Doppler Lidar is flying on Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission in 2021.
In June 2020, NASA awarded Astrobotic a $199,500,000 contract under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
Astrobotic selected Psionic’s Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL) for the Griffin lander on its late 2023 mission to deliver NASA’s VIPER rover to the lunar South Pole.
NASA’s VIPER rover, a golf cart-sized vehicle, will deploy from Astrobotic’s Griffin lander at the lunar south pole and carry a similar suite of payloads for its mission in 2023.
NASA proceeded with a separate CLPS task order for smaller science payloads similar to the CLPS deliveries awarded in May 2019 to Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines.
Astrobotic’s lunar lander Peregrine delivers payloads to the Moon for companies, governments, universities, non-profits, and individuals at a price of $1,200,000 per kilogram.
Astrobotic will open a 47,000-square-foot headquarters for lunar logistics in May 2020 in the Manchester neighborhood of Pittsburgh’s North Side.
NASA selected Astrobotic in May 2019 for a $79,500,000 contract to deliver payloads to the Moon in 2021.
Astrobotic’s lunar lander Peregrine delivers payloads to the Moon for $1,200,000 per kilogram.
NASA selected Astrobotic in May 2019 for a $79,500,000 contract to deliver payloads to the Moon in 2021.
NASA awarded CLPS task orders in May 2020 to Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and OrbitBeyond for lunar lander missions.
Spacebit plans to send a rover small enough to fit in a single cubesat to the Moon in 2021 on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander.
Team Hakuto had planned to fly Sorato on landers developed by Astrobotic and TeamIndus, but neither company launched before the Google Lunar X Prize competition ended in early 2018.
Astrobotic plans to launch the Peregrine lander on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur in 2021.
Dymon Co., Ltd. signed an agreement with Astrobotic to send the Japanese lunar rover Yaoki on Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission in 2021.
NASA selected Astrobotic in May 2019 for a $79,500,000 contract to deliver payloads to the Moon in 2021.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander will be launched on a Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander delivers payloads to the Moon for $1,200,000 per kilogram.
Astrobotic received a NASA CLPS task order on 2019-05-31 for payloads that will go on its Peregrine lander.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander is scheduled to launch in 2021 on the first flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket.