NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.
After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...
Astrobotic secures new lunar payload after NASA nixed rover last year
Astrolab has a contract with SpaceX to transport a larger rover, the Flexible Logistics and Exploration rover, in December of ...
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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
Astrolab's FLIP moon rover has replaced NASA's VIPER vehicle on the first-ever mission of Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander, ...
Astrobotic finds new private Moon rover to deliver after NASA pulls plug on VIPER mission
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 announces plans for mission to the moon
Astrobotic's first try at a moon landing ended in disappointment.As the company prepares to make another attempt, it has announced a new partnership for the upcoming mission. Astrobotic says its ...
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Astrolab's FLIP rover joins Astrobotic's Griffin-1 As Primary Payload to the Moon
By deploying the FLIP rover on Griffin-1, we are advancing humanity's future on the Moon and enabling groundbreaking U.S.
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Pennsylvania company plans to land rover on moon: ‘This is how we lead,’ Fetterman said
A Pennsylvania robotics company aims to put a robotic rover on the moon by the end of the year and U.S. Senator John ...
After a wrenching decision by NASA, private lunar lander finds a new customer
However, all was not lost. NASA had committed to the contract and said Astrobotic could fly a mass simulator to the Moon. The ...
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Astrolab to fly its FLIP lunar rover on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander
Astrobotic will deliver a lunar rover built ... which announced in October plans to develop FLIP as a technology demonstrator for its larger FLEX, or Flexible Logistics and Exploration, rover.
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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
Related: Who is Astrobotic Technology and what do they do? "Astrolab shares our vision of making lunar science, exploration and commercial activity both accessible and transformative," he added.
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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
"Astrobotic received worldwide interest from ... we are advancing humanity’s future on the moon and enabling groundbreaking U.S. technology demonstrations at the lunar south pole." ...