Astrobotic

Partnerships make space exploration possible. We proved that again in 2024 with the announcement of a collaboration agreement with Bridgestone for joint development of a lunar rover tire for our 24U CubeRover.

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2024 brought us one step closer to establishing a lunar power grid with a summer-long test campaign for VOLT, or VSAT Optimized for Lunar Traverse, a 65+-foot-tall solar array atop a minivan-sized lunar rover. First, VOLT’s mobile rover base underwent testing in the Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory (SLOPE) at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. Next, VOLT's solar array underwent TVAC testing in Chamber A at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

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We continued to grow in 2024 including welcoming space industry leaders Steve Clarke and Frank Peri to our Landers & Spacecraft team. Steve and Frank bring their combined 75 years of experience to lead Griffin Mission One to the lunar surface in late 2025.

At Astrobotic, we look at the big picture of lunar surface exploration including landers, rovers, power infrastructure, and VTVL rocket landers for testing capabilities. Why? We build our spacecraft in house and often in tandem, leading to high technical compatibility, efficient integration, and reduced risk.

2024 wasn't just about roasting turkeys at our Propulsion & Test facility in Mojave, CA. Earlier this year, we opened our Lunar Surface Proving Ground, a 100m x 100m high-fidelity 3D test field which mimics the topography and optical properties of the Moon’s surface. The LSPG debuted as the test site for several winning teams of NASA Flight Opportunities program and Future Engineers TechRise Student Challenge. Thirty winning teams of 6-12th grade students flew their experiments aboard our Xodiac rocket lander over the LSPG. This summer, teams from NASA TechLeap Prize's Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge tested their technologies at the LSPG, which stands out as the most realistic test field of this scale, modeled directly from a lunar surface map, anywhere in the world.

2024 was a BIG year for Astrobotic so we're going to revisit our favorite milestones all month long...Starting with January 8, 2024 at 2:18am: Peregrine Mission One launched aboard United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Rocket. Video Credit: ULA

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