Firefly originally intended to develop a spacecraft based on the design of Israel's Beresheet lander, which was the first ...

“Now is an excellent time to consider what a CLPS 2.0 initiative should look like,” said John Thornton, chief executive of Astrobotic, whose Peregrine lunar lander suffered a propulsion ...

That proof is critical to the program given problems by other landers carrying NASA payloads for CLPS. In January 2024, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander suffered a propulsion anomaly hours after ...

Now, Astrobotic stands as a powerhouse in space exploration, boasting over $600 million in contracts, 275 employees and lunar missions under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative ...

One of these pieces was later mailed to Astrobotic, another CLPS contractor, after a mission last year failed to reach the Moon due to a valve leak. Firefly’s message included a note reading ...

Before you take the next step you should know about the 2 warning signs for CLPS Incorporation (1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) that we have uncovered. Have feedback on this article? Concerned ...

Along with the unsuccessful Astrobotic Peregrine and the partially successful Intuitive Machines Odysseus missions of early 2024, it looks like the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program still ...

The US has sent Ukraine a small number of powerful M1 Abrams tanks. These tanks are being used in combat, though they — and other armored vehicles — are taking damage. A Ukrainian lawmaker ...

Several commercial companies — including US-based Astrobotic Technology ... under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, program, which aims to spur the business sector to pursue ...

Despite having an initial completion date of September 2023, the tanks are still not operational due to "water intrusion" in their leak detection system. The tanks' owner-occupier, US-based ...