11 Facts About Astrobotic Technology

1.

On 11 June 2020, Astrobotic Technology received a second contract for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,309
2.

On 30 April 2014, NASA announced that Astrobotic Technology was one of the three companies selected for the Lunar CATALYST initiative.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,310
3.

On 2 June 2016, Astrobotic Technology announced a new design of its Griffin concept lander and named it Peregrine.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,311
4.

In December 2016, Astrobotic Technology slipped their estimated launch date to 2019 and separated from the Google Lunar X Prize.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,312
5.

On 29 November 2018, Astrobotic was declared eligible to bid on NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,313

Related searches

NASA Google Moon Pittsburgh Space
6.

In September 2019, Spacebit signed an agreement to deliver the first UK lunar rover Asagumo on Astrobotic Technology's upcoming mission in 2021 and named this "Spacebit mission one".

FactSnippet No. 1,314,314
7.

On 25 September 2019, John Thornton of Astrobotic was named CEO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council at the 23rd annual Tech50 awards ceremony.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,315
8.

In November 2021, Astrobotic Technology was named one of the 'World's Best Employers in the Space Industry' by Everything Space, a recruitment platform specializing in the space industry.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,316
9.

The launch date further slipped to 2016, and Astrobotic Technology contracted with two other GLXP teams including Team Hakuto and Team AngelicvM to share the launch expenses.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,317
10.

In July 2017, Astrobotic Technology announced an agreement had been reached with United Launch Alliance to launch their Peregrine lander aboard a Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,318
11.

On 29 November 2018, Astrobotic was made eligible to bid on NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services to deliver science and technology payloads to the Moon, and in May 2019, it was awarded its first lander contract for NASA.

FactSnippet No. 1,314,319