Thornton said Astrobotic was building elements of the lander’s propulsion system, with “good solutions” for the valve problem that crippled its first lunar lander, Peregrine, shortly after ...

The story of VIPER, with its twists and turns, proves the wisdom of NASA’s turn to the commercial sector for partnerships ...

If Blue Ghost sticks the landing, it will become the first U.S. company to make a fully successful touchdown on the lunar surface. The first to try was Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander, which ...

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER ...

ASTROBOTIC IS POISED TO TAKE ITS NEXT LANDER. GRIFFIN ONE, TO THE MOON ON A SPACEX FALCON HEAVY ROCKET SOMETIME BEFORE THE END OF 2025. AND JUST LIKE PEREGRINE, WE GET TO SEE IT BEING BUILT AT ...

Last year was not a good one for a lunar lander company ... CEO of Astrobotic, said in an interview. "Certainly the challenges we had with Peregrine were unexpected, and a big setback.

Astrobotic was previously set to deliver a rover developed by NASA that was cut due to budget concerns. Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lander will no longer be flying to the moon empty handed. Last year ...

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 ...

Today, Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab) and Astrobotic announced that Astrobotic’s Griffin lander will deliver an ... The rover, currently known as FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform), will be ...

Griffin's upcoming debut will be the second lunar mission for Astrobotic. The company's smaller Peregrine moon lander launched in January 2024 on the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance's ...