On 11 June 2020, Astrobotic received a second contract for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
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On 11 June 2020, Astrobotic received a second contract for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
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On 30 April 2014, NASA announced that Astrobotic Technology was one of the three companies selected for the Lunar CATALYST initiative.
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On 2 June 2016, Astrobotic Technology announced a new design of its Griffin concept lander and named it Peregrine.
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In December 2016, Astrobotic slipped their estimated launch date to 2019 and separated from the Google Lunar X Prize.
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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.
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In September 2019, Spacebit signed an agreement to deliver the first UK lunar rover Asagumo on Astrobotic's upcoming mission in 2021 and named this "Spacebit mission one".
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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.
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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.
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The launch date further slipped to 2016, and Astrobotic contracted with two other GLXP teams including Team Hakuto and Team AngelicvM to share the launch expenses.
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In July 2017, Astrobotic announced an agreement had been reached with United Launch Alliance to launch their Peregrine lander aboard a Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.
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