Astrobotic has continued its policy of transparency with a report into the failings that resulted in its Peregrine lander burning up in Earth's atmosphere rather than making a soft landing on the ...

The original assumption was that commercial lunar landings would be, to use a basketball term, “shots on goal” with some of ...

The Astrobotic Peregrine lander is expected to deliver NASA instruments to the moon's surface in 2023. Credit: Illustration by Astrobotic History books may one day reflect on 2023 as the Year of ...

Astrobotic’s Peregrine, the first private American attempt at a landing, also didn’t fare well, suffering a catastrophic failure shortly after launching in January 2024. Just over a month ...

The year kicked off with two unlucky events. Astrobotic Technology launched its uncrewed, NASA-funded Peregrine Mission One to the moon on January 8. The mission suffered a propellant leak after ...

In January, Astrobotic's Peregrine robotic lander malfunctioned in space, never reached the lunar surface, and burned up in Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 18. The rocket liftoff looked picture-perfect: ...

The 2024 Technical.ly Award-winning company, founded to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize, began as a small startup amid the backdrop of an economic downturn and waning lunar ambitions after NASA’s ...

The fourth CLPS mission, by Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh, missed the moon entirely last year when the propulsion system of its Peregrine spacecraft malfunctioned soon after launch.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The Astrobotic Peregrine lunar lander is prepared for encapsulation in a payload fairing ...

HOUSTON—Astrobotic and Venturi Astrolab have partnered in an effort to deliver Astrolab’s FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP), a test lunar lander, to the Moon’s south pole region by year ...