Articles about Astrobotic

Picture of crescent Earth from Astrobotic Peregrine lander

Astrobotic’s lunar lander falls into South Pacific after missing out on moon landing

Ten days after its launch, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander fell back to Earth, ending a trip to the moon’s orbital… Read More

Astrobotic Peregrine moon lander prepared for launch

Astrobotic rules out soft landing on moon after propellant leak dooms its spacecraft

Astrobotic says that it’s given up on its plan to put a commercial spacecraft safely on the moon’s surface, due… Read More

Illustration: Peregrine moon lander in flight

Astrobotic’s moon lander suffers failure in propulsion system, putting mission at risk

Hours after the launch of its commercial moon lander, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic reported a failure within the robotic spacecraft’s propulsion system… Read More

First Vulcan rocket launches commercial moon lander with a boost from Blue Origin

Update: Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander fell back to Earth 10 days after launch due to a propellant leak that ruled out… Read More

Peregrine lunar lander being prepared for launch

Milestone moon lander mission targets an otherworldly frontier for DNA data storage

A mission to send a commercial lander to the moon, set for launch in a couple of days, will bring… Read More

Space Shorts: German rocket company will launch orbital tugs for Spaceflight Inc.

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Factory Augsburg, a German launch startup, say they’ve signed a memorandum of understanding that calls… Read More

WiBotic joins Astrobotic’s team to build wireless charging system for moon rovers

Seattle-based WiBotic says it’s working on a wireless charging system and energy management software for moon rovers, in partnership with… Read More

NASA picks Astrobotic to deliver its VIPER rover to lunar south pole for nearly $200M

NASA has awarded a $199.5 million contract to Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic to deliver its VIPER rover to the moon’s south pole… Read More

ULA’s Vulcan rocket selected for launches of moon lander and mini-shuttle in 2021

United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan rocket – and Blue Origin’s next-generation BE-4 rocket engine – have been chosen to send… Read More

NASA picks first commercial ventures to deliver scientific payloads to the moon

Update for 6 p.m. PT July 31: One of the commercial ventures selected to deliver science experiments to the moon’s… Read More

NASA picks nine commercial teams for moon deliveries – including dark horses

NASA says it’s partnering on lunar delivery services with nine commercial teams, headed by companies that run the gamut from… Read More

Blue Origin’s lunar lander program wins a share of NASA’s ‘tipping-point’ tech awards

NASA is awarding $44 million to six commercial partners to support “tipping-point” technologies that range from lunar landing capabilities to… Read More

Arch Mission teams up with Astrobotic to send Wikipedia and more to the moon

The Arch Mission Foundation is partnering with Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic to have a miniaturized library sent to the moon’s surface aboard… Read More

NASA is reworking its moon rover mission amid outcry from lunar advisory group

An influential group of advisers on lunar exploration says NASA is canceling its Resource Prospector mission to explore the moon’s… Read More

Robotics pioneer Red Whittaker wants to put a robot on the moon, and land Amazon in his backyard

PITTSBURGH — Asked if he will eventually land a robot on the moon, William “Red” Whittaker doesn’t hold back. “Oh,… Read More

United Launch Alliance agrees to deliver Astrobotic’s lander to the moon in 2019

In two years, it will be the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, and Astrobotic Technology wants to… Read More