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The awarded companies include Aerostar International, Angstrom Designs, Astrobotic Technology, and Astro Digital US.
Astrobotic Technology Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was awarded a contract to provide services through demonstrated commercial capabilities.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander suffered a propellant leak and failed to attempt a lunar landing.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander launched 2024-01-08 on the first ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket and suffered a propellant leak hours after liftoff that Astrobotic believes was caused by a malfunctioning valve that overpressurized and burst a tank.
Astrobotic launched its lander on January 8, 2024, but experienced a fuel issue.
IM-1 will be the second CLPS mission to launch after Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander, which launched on 2024-01-08.
The Peregrine lunar lander, built by Astrobotic Technology, was a payload aboard the Vulcan Centaur.
Astrobotic Technology directed the Peregrine lander to return to Earth after multiple failed attempts to salvage the mission.
Astrobotic reserved 10% of the $108 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) award for meeting mission criteria.
Astrobotic aims to investigate the failure of the Peregrine lander, with a focus on a helium pressurization system malfunction.
Astrobotic allowed the Peregrine lander to reenter Earth’s atmosphere to avoid the risk of creating space debris.
Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission One spent 10 days and 13 hours in space before making a controlled re-entry over open water in the South Pacific at approximately 4:04 p.m. EST on 2024-01-18.
NASA's next mission with Astrobotic involves the Griffin lander carrying the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission.
Astrobotic reported that customers thanked them for successfully operating payloads during the Peregrine mission.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lander suffered a propellant leak hours after its January 8 launch.
Astrobotic extended the mission of Peregrine for three days after launch, allowing it to activate payloads returning data.
Astrobotic is working on Griffin while awaiting findings from the Peregrine review board.
Astrobotic’s projected reentry time for Peregrine was 4:04 p.m. Eastern on 2024-01-18.
Astrobotic lost telemetry from Peregrine at 3:50 p.m. Eastern on 2024-01-18 and lost ranging nine minutes later.
Astrobotic moved its previously scheduled media telecon to Friday, 2024-01-19 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time to provide a comprehensive mission update.