Astrobotic

#SCfunded @Astrobotic has been selected to build the wheels for the Italian Space Agency’s planned drivable lunar habitat. The lightweight, flexible design will support long-duration missions across rugged lunar terrain, building on Astrobotic’s experience in lunar mobility systems. See the full story on @PayloadSpace: pulse.ly/hux4sojakn

What does calculating π have to do with a lunar rover? 🌕📐@standupmaths shows how it’s possible, using a clever experiment and a little help from our CubeRover aboard Griffin-1's mission to the Moon: youtube.com/watch?v=IY0pf0…

.@astrobotic will build the wheels of the Italian Space Agency’s planned driveable lunar habitat. The Pittsburgh, PA-based space firm won a contract of undisclosed value from @Thales_Alenia_S to contribute the wheels for Italy’s Multi-Purpose Habitation. payloadspace.com/astrobotic-win…

Yesterday, we published info about our new DALEC technology. Today, we'd like to EXPLAIN! EXPLAIN! the tech in human language (Doctor Who fans rejoice): astrobotic.com/astrobotics-da…

Astrobotic + @CarnegieMellon completed phase II of project DALEC, designed to provide positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities in environments where GPS is unavailable, including the lunar surface. astrobotic.com/astrobotic-and…

Flexible treads, unstoppable mobility. 🌕 Astrobotic just won a @Thales_Alenia_S contract to build lunar wheels for the Multi-Purpose Habitation to help astronauts live, explore, and do science on the Moon’s south pole. 🚀🛰️ astrobotic.com/astrobotic-has…

One year ago today, we announced our FLIP rover’s ride to the Moon: @astrobotic's Griffin-1 mission. We’re so proud of the Astrolab team’s progress over this past year of turning the FLIP design into a rover launching to the Moon in 2026.

Some photos from the Moon Museum @astrobotic and a great view of the Griffin lunar lander under construction. Hear more about the museum on our latest podcast.

From render to real-life rover in 2025 In February of this year, we announced our FLIP rover had booked a ride to the lunar south pole aboard @astrobotic's Griffin Mission One. In 2025, Astrolab teams designed and created both a FLIP test vehicle and FLIP flight vehicle, put them through egress tests to ensure a successful dismount onto the lunar surface, integrated customer payloads on board, successfully conducted TVAC testing on the flight vehicle, and so much more. Next year, we launch FLIP to the Moon.

May your holidays be bright and your New Year even brighter 🌙✨

With $17.5M in newly-secured U.S. Space Force, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and NASA awards, our Xodiac and Xogdor rockets got a boost to continue advancing the next generation of reusable rocket systems.🚀 Next stage: Fly your payload on Tuesday, analyze data on Wednesday, fly again on Thursday.🔍 Dive deeper into our next stage of rapid flight: astrobotic.com/astrobotic-sec…

New @astrobotic Sensor Could Transform How We Monitor Traffic in #Lunar Orbit, in @SpaceBiz1 orbitaltoday.com/2025/12/06/new… #Lunapolitics 🇺🇸

The Astrobotic team recently completed a series of successful hot-fire tests using a flight-representative replica of Griffin-1’s full propulsion system. 🔥Throughout the test campaign, the main engines supplied by @FrontierAero fired 229 pulses. These tests validated engine performance and delivered essential data using firing profiles representative of actual flight conditions. Griffin’s propulsion system uses a hypergolic bipropellant architecture with two fuel tanks and two oxidizer tanks, all pressure-fed by three helium pressurant tanks. During key mission phases, both the main engines and the attitude control system (ACS) thrusters will fire in pulsed modes to achieve maneuvers like the powered descent to the lunar surface. These critical tests were carried out at @exquadrum's FORGE testing facility, located at Southern California Logistics Airport. Watching Griffin’s engines ignite is an exciting step forward in bringing this infrastructure-class lander online for the nation.

@Honda, @astrobotic to explore lunar power solutions. Learn how they seek to integrate Honda’s regenerative fuel cell (RFC) with Astrobotic Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) in LunaGrid power system: buff.ly/x0a3pc7 #amdmag #aerospace #defense #manufacturing

What’s next for commercial space?🚀 @JohnsHopkins and @SpaceNews_Inc brought together leading execs from @Stoke_Space, @Astrobotic, @JHUAPL, and @ApexSpacecraft to answer in the latest Discovery Series. 💬 Moderated by SpaceNews' @Jeff_Foust and @MikeGruss.

We had a lot of fun recording @astrobotic in Pittsburgh for our latest podcast and seeing their new Griffin lunar lander take shape. Quite a sense of humour too… #space #lunar #bananaforscale

A new era of the Discovery Series launched tonight at the #HopkinsBloombergCenter with @SpaceNews_Inc, bringing together executives from the cutting-edge companies taking space exploration to new heights. Conversation spanned hotel stays on space stations, a lunar base, competition with China, scaling satellite manufacturing, and the value of collaboration between government, industry, and universities. Leaders joined from: 🌌 @Starlab_Space 🚀 @Stoke_Space 🌕 @Astrobotic 🛰️ @ApexSpacecraft ☄️ @JHUAPL

Enjoyed the panel moderated by @jeff_foust with panelists including @BobbyBraun from @JHUAPL as well as leaders from @stoke_space, @astrobotic and @ApexSpacecraft . Well rounded, fresh perspectives on what’s next in spaceflight.