Astrobotic
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Delivering affordable space robotics technology & planetary missions to the lunar surface. Send your science to the Moon!
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined December 2010
We're going to the Moon again - this time with @SpaceX ! Falcon Heavy will carry our Griffin lunar lander to the Moon in late 2023 along with NASA’s water-hunting Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER). 🌙
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(1/4) We’ve received the first image from Peregrine in space! The camera utilized is mounted atop a payload deck and shows Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) in the foreground.
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(2/2)Peregrine captured this video moments after successful separation from @ulalaunch Vulcan rocket. Counterclockwise from top left center is the DHL MoonBox, Astroscale's Pocari Sweat Lunar Dream Time Capsule, & Peregrine landing leg. Background: our big blue marble, Earth!
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Congratulations to fellow CLPS company, @int_machines! An incredible achievement. We can't wait to join you on the lunar surface in the near future. 🌙.
Your order was delivered… to the Moon! 📦. @Int_Machines' uncrewed lunar lander landed at 6:23pm ET (2323 UTC), bringing NASA science to the Moon's surface. These instruments will prepare us for future human exploration of the Moon under #Artemis.
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(4/4) At this time, the majority of our Peregrine mission team has been awake and working diligently for more than 24 hours. We ask for your patience as we reassess incoming data so we can provide ongoing updates later this evening.
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(2/3) Peregrine and its payload teams have made a meaningful contribution to our lunar future, and we thank everyone who supported this mission. Courtesy of @ulalaunch, this video was captured from their #Vulcan rocket's payload fairing. Peregrine has flown so Griffin may land.
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Update #17 for Peregrine Mission One: ."Since the Peregrine lunar lander’s anomaly occurred 6 days ago, we have been evaluating how best to safely end the spacecraft’s mission. " .Read more:
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(3/3) Carnegie Mellon University's Iris rover wheels wave goodbye. Ad luna per aspera.
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(2/2) Update #13: Payload teams continue to operate & receive power & telemetry. Below is a video from the moment the COLMENA payload team began receiving data confirming it is now the first Mexican instrument to operate in cislunar space. (Video credit: UNAM)
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Congratulations to @isro! Together with the rest of the world, our team is celebrating this success. The Moon is now one step closer to being accessible for everyone and we can’t wait to launch Peregrine Mission One soon, and join the ISRO team on the lunar surface!
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(3/4) Nonetheless, the spacecraft’s battery is now fully charged, and we are using Peregrine’s existing power to perform as many payload and spacecraft operations as possible.
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We have a date. 🚀 May 4th, 2023 is the first opportunity for Peregrine Mission One to head to the Moon, launching aboard @ulalaunch Vulcan Centaur!
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Congratulations @Int_Machines on the successful launch today!.
The IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander has launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and successfully commissioned in space by establishing a stable attitude, solar charging, and radio communications contact with the Company’s mission operations center in Houston.
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Our Propulsion & Test team got in the Thanksgiving spirit by roasting a 🦃 over an open flame. using a VTVL rocket engine. 🚀👨🍳 We admit, the recipe needs a little work. Don't try this at home! 😲 #HappyThanksgiving #Turkey #RocketScience
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(2/4)The disturbance of the MLI is the first visual clue that aligns with our telemetry data pointing to a propulsion system anomaly.
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Peregrine Mission One is officially separated from the launch vehicle! Thanks for the ride, @ulalaunch!.
Separation confirmed! The Peregrine commercial lunar lander, built by @Astrobotic deploys from the #VulcanRocket's Centaur V upper stage and becomes the first mission successfully launched in @NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.
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We have a launch date! 🚀 Peregrine is set to journey into space aboard @ULAlaunch’s #VulcanRocket on Dec. 24, 2023. Stay tuned for more information on how to tune in and watch liftoff!.
ULA's #VulcanRocket first certification mission (#Cert1) is planned to launch on Sunday, Dec. 24, from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. #CountdowntoVulcan
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Watch our Xodiac liftoff at night! 🌚 Xodiac is a terrestrial, reusable rocket. 🚀 The night flight prepared it for upcoming flight testing w. the NASA TechLeap Prize’s Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge, managed by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program.
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Good morning from Mojave.☀️That's a good lookin' lander 📸: Nicholas Reilly
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Astrobotic Awarded $79.5 Million Contract to Deliver 14 NASA Payloads to the Moon
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While integrating our #MoonBoxes with our Peregrine lunar lander (set to land on the Moon in 2021), we stumbled across this #DogeCoin submitted in 2015. Dogecoin is going to the ACTUAL Moon 🌙@DogecoinOnMoon @elonmusk
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In mere hours, our Peregrine lunar lander will lift off from Cape Canaveral aboard @ulalaunch Vulcan rocket. Astrobotic CEO, John Thornton, has a message for everyone back home in Pittsburgh! #PM1 #412
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Check out our Peregrine lunar lander nestled into the payload fairing in @ulalaunch's #VulcanRocket! 🚀 She's fueled. She's ready for her journey to the Moon: targeting a launch on January 8, 2024 and a lunar landing on February 23, 2024! 🌙.
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We’ve been selected by @NASA to develop Extra Large Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT-XL) for the Moon. VSAT-XL's impressive size, 34m tall x 12.5m wide🤯, is the largest planned lunar power infrastructure technology to date for the growing energy demands on the Moon.🌕🔌 💡
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For those of you who would like a more accurate graphic, we've crafted a new one closer to scale (with the exception of the Peregrine spacecraft dot for emphasis).
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(1/3) Yesterday, we took the very last photograph of Peregrine in our clean room before it was prepped for an early morning shipment to Florida! 🛻 Are you ready for it? 🚀
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Peregrine has wings! Our Peregrine lunar lander successfully launched to the Moon & established ground communications with our DHL Mission Control Center!
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Peregrine Mission One - launching aboard @ulalaunch #VulcanRocket 🚀 January 8! See you there. #CountdownToVulcan #PeregrineMissionOne
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We congratulate the @ispace_inc team on accomplishing a significant number of milestones on their way to today’s landing attempt. We hope everyone recognizes-today is not the day to shy away from pursuing the lunar frontier, but a chance to learn from adversity and push forward.
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Our LunaGrid system is designed to provide reliable power for lunar exploration by integrating several key technologies. LunaGrid’s design ensures stability and reliability of the power grid, even under challenging scenarios like multiple surface assets charging simultaneously.
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We would like to set the record straight that we at Astrobotic are sending items to the Moon through our MoonBox program. NASA is not involved in this initiative.
For $10 I’ll put whatever picture you want, on the moon!.
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Peregrine has arrived safely in Florida!The spacecraft was unloaded at @AstrotechSpace facilities to be integrated with the @ULAlaunch’s #VulcanRocket for launch on Dec. 24, 2023. 📸: @ulalaunch
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Astrobotic is now soliciting interest for commercial payloads to orbit the Moon or land on the lunar surface onboard Griffin Mission One (GM1). Please contact payload@astrobotic.com to get the conversation started!
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(1/3) We've just won a $34.6M NASA Tipping Point partnership for a power demonstration on the lunar surface! LunaGrid-Lite will demonstrate the first-ever high voltage power transmitted through a cable on the Moon. Read more:
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The rocket's out of the launch pad, it seems! We've grown with the addition of @mastenspace's impressive portfolio. Read more:
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NASA announced today its intent to discontinue the development of its VIPER project. Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander will still be launching to the Moon, targeting a Q3 2025 liftoff. Learn more:
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The Peregrine lander #PM1 has already completed Phase One of its lunar journey: assembly of the spacecraft flight model, a rigorous acceptance testing campaign, and encapsulation within the @ulalaunch Vulcan rocket at Cape Canaveral. Phase Two of this mission begins tonight!
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Astrobotic's teleconference on Peregrine Mission One will now begin at 1:15 p.m. ET .
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From development and testing on Earth through a soft touch down on the lunar surface, the Peregrine lunar lander has five distinct mission phases, each with its own unique objectives:
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Astrobotic’s Xodiac terrestrial rocket has achieved an impressive operational tempo in 2024, completing 28 flights in just 7 months! Huge shoutout to the team making this incredible pace possible and proving Xodiac’s unmatched reliability for advancing space tech.
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Peregrine Mission One has successfully launched to the Moon and established communications with our @DHLGlobal Mission Control Center:
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💅🏻 beauty shot of Peregrine lunar lander before integration and assembly continues
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With under an hour to our launch opportunity, its time for a reintroduction: Astrobotic is a small space company based out of Pittsburgh, PA. We develop advanced navigation, operation power, testing, and computing systems for spacecraft. 1/.
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We're collaborating with @BridgestoneUS to develop a new lunar rover tire! This innovative design aims to maximize shock absorption, traction, and to improve energy efficiency — vital for extended lunar missions. Read more:
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We're heading to the Moon’s South Pole (again) in 2026! 🌔Today at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) we announced our purchase: launch services aboard a #SpaceX #FalconHeavy rocket for our 3rd upcoming lunar lander mission! .
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Xodgor is the next-generation suborbital vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) launch vehicle. It’s versatile and fully reusable for flight testing new systems. Xogdor is designed to be re-flown frequently and with minimal maintenance to reduce launch and operations costs.
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Register to watch our Peregrine lunar lander begin its journey into space aboard @ulalaunch's #VulcanRocket! Sign up to watch live, and for launch updates, so you don't miss a thing: .🌙#PeregrineMissionOne #CountdownToVulcan
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"We are just a short time away from our Peregrine spacecraft beginning its journey to the Moon. After years of dedication and hard work, we are so close to having our moonshot, "says John Thornton, Astrobotic CEO. 📸: @ulalaunch
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Meet CubeRover, Astrobotic's scalable planetary-class rover designed to revolutionize access to the Moon by employing a standard configuration of scalable sizes from 2U to 24U to perform science missions on the lunar surface at a fraction of the historical cost. 🌕🤖 #CubeRover
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Another exciting announcement: Astrobotic has been selected by @NASA for two SBIR Phase II contracts that will assist with the development of power infrastructure on the lunar surface, a key element in establishing long-term human and robotic operations on the Moon.
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Following a successful separation from the launch vehicle, Astrobotic Mission Control has established communications with Peregrine Mission One #PM1 and confirmed it is functioning nominally. All Phase 2 objectives are now complete. Next stop, lunar orbit!
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Astrobotic Awarded $199.5 Million Contract to Deliver NASA Moon Rover .@NASA #Astrobotic #griffinlander #Moon.
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In development at Astrobotic: LunaGrid, a complete power generation and distribution service that survives the lunar night and delivers kilowatts of continuous power to lunar assets for multi-year operations. Launching as early as 2026. #lunagrid #lunarnight #PowerTheMoon
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Congrats to the whole @ulalaunch team on a successful launch of the #Cert1 Vulcan rocket! Not a bad way to start off a work week 😁.
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With T-14 days until launch, this week we're excited to fill you in on all of the customer payloads headed to the Moon aboard Peregrine Mission One. 🚀🌒 Get ready for #7daysofPeregrinePayloads!.#PM1 #20PayloadsofPeregrine
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@elonmusk To the moon. Such distance. Very early. Wow. @DogecoinOnMoon has had this on our manifest since 2015 ✨🚀🌙 we’re headed there at the end of this year!
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"Being able to land with pinpoint accuracy on a tennis-court sized area with almost no infrastructure is a game-changer. Xogdor will allow us to reach locations and perform activities that are not currently possible with drones, satellites, or sounding rockets." - John Thornton
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Ever wonder how you control a robot hurtling through space at over 4,000 mph, millions of miles away from Earth? Wonder no more! Meet Astrobotic's DHL Mission Control Center, or AMCC for short. 1/7
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They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. check out Astrobotic’s ultra-light cable, designed to transmit power between assets on the Moon. Pictured next to one of our all-time favorite astronauts for scale🤯 #LEGO
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The @ulalaunch Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle has completed its journey to the launch pad with the Peregrine lander aboard! Not long left before the journey of a lifetime #PM1.
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Stunning 📸 of our reusable Xodiac rocket mid-flight! Xodic is used for maturing precision landing systems, testing plume-surface interactions, and advancing technology readiness for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. 🌘🇲🇭 Check out its users guide:
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13 years ago we started Astrobotic to make the Moon accessible to the world. Today we are so excited to announce that our Griffin lander will deliver NASA’s VIPER rover to the pole of the Moon in 2023. @NASA #Astrobotic #griffinlander #Moon.
Today we announced that @astrobotic will deliver NASA’s VIPER rover to the Moon in 2023. This @NASAMoon rover and the many payloads we will send to the lunar surface in the next few years are going to help us realize the Moon’s vast scientific potential:
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Just announced! Astrobotic awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract for continued work on Floatinator: a novel lunar & planetary gravity simulator for terrestrial testing of plume-surface interactions (PSI).
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A nice shot of our #Peregrine lunar lander STM - Peregrine is set to land scientific instruments, items from the general public through our #MoonBox program, and more to the Moon in late 2021.
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Astrobotic has been selected by @NASA Mars Exploration Program for two studies of commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to Mars. We will examine how commercial services could enable future missions to the Red Planet.
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A win for @Firefly_Space is a win for all commercial space! The Astrobots are cheering you on, Fireflies, as your journey unfolds💚🌙.
Follow along with our #GhostRiders on their journey to the Moon! We'll keep you updated on every critical milestone. Check back here for regular mission status updates or on our blog:
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Peregrine Mission One: Making Space Accessible to the World and returning us to the Moon once again. #PM1
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Just posted a very, very "official" Eviction Notice on the spacecraft. Departure imminent. #astrobotic #peregrinemissionone
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@DogeBlocky @JustinScerini @ulalaunch @NASA We get so many messages and comments, it's hard for us to get to it all. We do have a doge coin in the MoonBox program, and posted replies with the photo.
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