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NASA is spending $320 million on the CLPS task order with Astrobotic for the VIPER rover mission scheduled for later this year.
Astrobotic plans to continue lunar exploration with Griffin Mission One, scheduled to launch in late 2024.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lander carried 20 payloads, including five NASA instruments valued at $108 million.
Astrobotic is a startup that accepted the higher risk of being on the first flight of a new rocket.
Astrobotic Technologies’ Griffin Mission One is scheduled in late 2024 to deliver VIPER to the lunar surface.
Astrobotic stated that the propulsion system failure was causing a critical loss of propellant for Peregrine.
Astrobotic's mission faced controversy over two payloads containing cremated remains, prompting a protest from the Navajo Nation.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program awarded Astrobotic $108,000,000 to fly payloads on the Peregrine mission.
Astrobotic's goal is to get Peregrine as close to lunar distance as possible before it loses power.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander.
Astrobotic reported an anomaly that prevented Peregrine from achieving a stable sun-pointing orientation.
Astrobotic's CEO John Thornton expressed confidence in ULA and noted his concerns were more about landing than launch.
The Cert-1 mission will deliver Astrobotic’s Peregrine commercial lunar lander (Peregrine Mission One, PM1) into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,0 m (360,0 m) above Earth to intercept the Moon.
The Cert-1 flight will deliver the Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,0 m (360,0 m) above Earth to intercept the Moon.
Vulcan’s debut mission will send Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander to the Moon using the Centaur V powered by twin RL10C-1-1A engines.
The Certification-1 (Cert-1) flight test will deliver the Astrobotic Peregrine commercial lunar lander into a highly elliptical orbit more than 220,0 m (360,0 m) above Earth to intercept the Moon.
The Astrobotic team used the Ansys Orbit Determination Tool Kit (ODTK) to track the lander’s orbital trajectory and plan maneuvers for an accurate landing.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander will support NASA's exploration of the lunar surface as part of the Artemis program.
Astrobotic analyzed the cislunar orbit and trajectory options using Ansys Thermal Desktop to determine suitable launch and landing opportunities.
Engineers at Astrobotic used Ansys Mechanical to evaluate performance under extreme structural loads during launch and transit.