Astrobotic Technology has announced that its planned lunar power demonstration mission, LunaGrid-Lite, has reached another major development milestone and is nearing flight readiness. LunaGrid-Lite (LGL) will deploy 500 meters of […]
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Bridgestone Partners with Astrobotic to Develop Lunar Rover Tire
Bridgestone Corporation has reached a collaboration agreement with Astrobotic Technology for joint development of a lunar rover tire for the Astrobotic 24U CubeRover. Astrobotic has a legacy of developing lunar […]
Astrobotic’s LunaGrid’s Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) enters TVAC
Astrobotic‘s Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) is a key technology that will be used to harness solar energy for the company’s commercial, lunar power grid that is being prepped to […]
NASA ends VIPER project, continues Moon exploration
Following a comprehensive internal review, NASA announced Wednesday its intent to discontinue development of its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. NASA stated cost increases, delays to the launch […]
Astrobotic awarded NASA JPL Commercial Service Studies to enable future missions to Mars
Astrobotic has been selected by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program for two concept studies of commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to Mars — the company will examine how potential […]
Astrobotic’s Xodiac preps for nighttime precision landing challenge
Astrobotic’s Propulsion and Test department flew Xodiac, a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), reusable, terrestrial rocket for its first night flight. The tethered night test prepared Xodiac for the upcoming flight testing […]
NASA awards contracts for Flight, Payload Integration Services
NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space, including testing in high-altitude, reduced gravity, or other relevant […]
Northrop Grumman’s solid rocket boosters help power first launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket
This announcement preceded the failure of the Peregrine lunar lander.Two of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) extended length, 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) solid rocket boosters helped power the […]
Disappointment as Astrobotic’s Peregrine has “no chance of soft landing on the Moon”
At first the news was encouraging. Cheers and celebration after United Launch Alliance (ULA) marked the beginning of a new era of space capabilities with the successful launch of its […]
Acoustic Research Systems to provide direct field acoustic testing services for VIPER mission
The Acoustic Research Systems (ARS) NEUTRON system will put NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) through a series of extremely high-power acoustic tests at NASA’s Johnson Space Center prior […]