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.

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 ...

Astrolab's FLIP moon rover has replaced NASA's VIPER vehicle on the first-ever mission of Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander, which is scheduled to launch in late 2025.

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Last year kicked off with the launch of Astrobotics’ Peregrine lander, marking the first of several missions led by companies working under multimillion-dollar contracts as part of NASA’s Commercial ...

Private Moon company Astrobotic’s mission has new life after finding a match made in heaven with its new customer, Astrolab, following NASA’s decision to pull the plug on the agency’s VIPER Moon rover ...

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic launched its first robotic mission to the Moon in January 2024, but the Peregrine lander didn’t make it to the lunar surface. Thornton said the 10-day spaceflight ...