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Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander that suffered a propulsion system anomaly shortly after separation from its Vulcan Centaur rocket upper stage. A new image of the spacecraft shows "disturbed" ...
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Members of the Iris team have assembled the Iris Lunar Dream Capsule, a tiny payload that will launch aboard Griffin-1, the next lunar lander from Carnegie Mellon spinout Astrobotic. The capsule — ...
Two other US companies are aiming for moon landings by year’s end: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Astrobotic Technology. Astrobotic’s first lunar lander missed the moon altogether in 2024 and came ...
Astrobotic says it has completed flight model acceptance testing for a wireless charging system that incorporates technology from Seattle-based WiBotic — and that could help rovers roam across ...
Would-be historic lunar mission won’t reach moon’s surface, company says In a statement Monday, Astrobotic, the commercial company that operates the spacecraft, said it was running out of power ...
But at the North Side-based space exploration company Astrobotic Technology, for whom Thornton serves as CEO, returning to the moon is seen as an attainable, and affordable, mission. “The moon,” ...
To date, Astrobotic has been contracted for two lunar lander missions, and has won more than 60 NASA, DoD, and commercial technology contracts, collectively worth more than $600 million.
To date, Astrobotic has been contracted for two lunar lander missions, and has won more than 60 NASA, DoD, and commercial technology contracts, collectively worth more than $600 million.
NASA did confirm it would still be employing Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One lunar lander, with a launch by fall 2025. That date has faced delays similar to the VIPER project.
Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh announced in a post on the social network X that it lost communication with its Peregrine moon lander at 3:50 p.m. Eastern time, which served as an indication ...
Astrobotic Technology, which developed the Peregrine lander under a contract with NASA, confirmed the spacecraft's demise, saying it lost contact with the vehicle moments before the planned ...