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Delivering affordable space robotics technology & planetary missions to the lunar surface. Send your science to the Moon!

Pittsburgh, PA Katılım Aralık 2010
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
We fired a really cool rocket engine - and broke some records while we were at it. 🔥This Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine produced more than 4,000 pounds of thrust, and included a 300-second continuous burn, which is believed to have set the record for longest duration hot firing of an RDRE engine to date. Watch it fire: youtu.be/DjnC8KvakKk
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
Aboard our Griffin-1 lander heading to the Moon late 2026, @Astrolab_Space's FLIP has a suite of payloads heading to the lunar surface! 🌙🧪 Check them out: astrolab.space/2026/05/18/ast…
Astrolab@Astrolab_Space

We’re proud to introduce the payloads from 4 NASA centers flying aboard our FLIP rover in the second half of this year (2026)! From a lunar dust experiment from @NASA_Johnson to a LiDAR demonstration from @NASA_Marshall, explore the FLIP NASA collaborations: astrolab.space/2026/05/18/ast…

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Astrolab@Astrolab_Space·
Our team first sketched the idea for our FLIP rover on the flight back from meeting with @astrobotic in late 2024. In that meeting we agreed to launching a rover to the Moon aboard their Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1). Since then, we’ve pretty much stuck to the plan first inked on that whiteboard and have turned dry erase marker into space-ready hardware.
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
@BartoszEvin @GaryleeGray The solar arrays are also engineered to perform efficiently while using the lightest materials possible. In space missions, every ounce matters when it comes to overall performance and cost 🚀
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Bartosz@BartoszEvin·
@GaryleeGray @astrobotic As far as I know they use much more expensive and more efficient element plus all around it to be more durable for such purpose. Nobody would buy for a backyard installation.
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
Three solar panels in, and the results are looking powerful⚡️(humans for scale). Griffin-1 is marching towards its departure for environmental testing, a critical phase that proves it’s ready to withstand the harsh conditions of launch and space.
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Bartosz@BartoszEvin·
@astrobotic I’d like to see a banana for scale heh.
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
We fired a really cool rocket engine - and broke some records while we were at it. 🔥This Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine produced more than 4,000 pounds of thrust, and included a 300-second continuous burn, which is believed to have set the record for longest duration hot firing of an RDRE engine to date. Watch it fire: youtu.be/DjnC8KvakKk
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Orstraya@orstraya·
@astrobotic I think we need to start rating rocket motors in how many marshmallows they can toast per second.
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
@GaryleeGray @SciGuySpace our eyes are set on our Xodiac and Xogdor rockets - plus, in the future, our lunar landers! We've got the imagination churning 😉
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
RDRE's use continuous detonation waves instead of steady combustion to extract more energy from the propellant & potentially reduce fuel consumption for the same thrust. This would help lower weight and improve performance. In aerospace, every ounce counts! More ounces available = send more science!
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Garylee Gray@GaryleeGray·
@astrobotic @SciGuySpace What are the benefits of a rotating detonation engine over a more standard (albeit advanced) engine like the Raptor?
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
@waynenilsen It was a pressure-fed test for these TCAs. The standalone system will be pump-fed!
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Astrobotic@astrobotic·
@RealLuigiDavid You've got it! We're aiming to integrate RDRE's with our other systems - like the Xodiac and Xogdor rockets, and our lunar landers
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Luigi@RealLuigiDavid·
@astrobotic Holy shit I had no clue yall were dabbling with detonation. For the lunar lander, I’m gonna assume you can delete some mass/have more clearance b/t the nozzle and the ground due to a reduced L* and perhaps a lighter prop system? That’d be interesting
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Space By Storm
Space By Storm@SpaceByStorm·
@astrobotic Love the Mach Diamonds! RDRE is such a cool engine design! 😎🔥🔥🔥
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