However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...

It was developed by American company Astrobotic, whose CEO John Thornton ... and technologies to the moon – a programme called CLPS. These fixed-price contracts should make it possible to ...

By deploying the FLIP rover on Griffin-1, we are advancing humanity's future on the Moon and enabling groundbreaking U.S.

Private Moon company Astrobotic’s mission has new life after finding a match made in heaven with its new customer, Astrolab, following NASA’s decision to pull the plug on the agency’s VIPER Moon rover ...

THAT WAS ASTROBOTIC CEO, JOHN THORNTON. THEN, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT LONG AFTER MISSION CONTROL IN PITTSBURGH DISCOVERED A VALVE HAD FAILED, MAKING ONE OF THE FUEL TANKS BURST ...

Now, though, the spacecraft is barreling back toward Earth, and while the team is sure it could keep it from burning up, Astrobotic’s latest Peregrine update says that it is safer to let the ...

It hired a private company, Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh, to provide the spacecraft to land the rover on the moon’s surface. The space agency’s strategy increasingly taps new ...

Unfortunately, Peregrine soon found itself struggling as a propellant leak eventually forced Astrobotic to reroute the lander for Earth, where it found assured destruction as it burned up during ...

Despite the failure of the first U.S. commercial lunar lander to ever operate in space, Astrobotic Technology ... NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative in which American ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Astrobotic will deliver a lunar rover built by Venturi Astrolab to the south polar region of the moon as soon as the end of this year, the companies announced Feb. 5.

The Astrobotic mission, part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2025. (Photo: Business Wire) Today, Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab ...