Astobotic
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Press Releases
Watch a Night Flight – Xodiac Preps for Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge
Astrobotic’s Propulsion & Test department flew Xodiac, a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL) reusable terrestrial rocket, for its first-ever night flight. The tethered night test prepared Xodiac for upcoming flight testing with the NASA TechLeap Prize’s Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge, managed by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program. TechLeap is designed to rapidly identify and develop technologies of interest to the agency using a…
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NASA
Astrobotic And NASA To Host First Media Telecon for Peregrine Mission One
WHAT: Astrobotic to discuss Peregrine Mission One for the first time live, with a Q&A to follow.WHO: John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic,Dan Hendrickson, Vice President of Business Development, AstroboticSharad Bhaskaran, Mission Director for Peregrine Mission One, AstroboticAnder Solorzano, Flight Director and Principal Systems Engineer, AstroboticJoel Kearns, deputy associate administrator for Exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HeadquartersWHEN: January 19, 2024 at 1:00pm ET…
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NASA
Updates #12-20 for Peregrine Mission One
Update #20Astrobotic has positioned the Peregrine spacecraft for a safe, controlled re-entry to Earth over a remote area of the South Pacific. The team has been continuously monitoring our re-entry analysis with NASA, which indicates a re-entry path over the indicated area below, with no anticipated hazards. A safe re-entry is our top priority, so the team developed a two-step maneuver…
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Press Releases
PEREGRINE MISSION ONE UPDATE
Peregrine is assembled and ready for its journey to Florida for integration with our launch vehicle, United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Vulcan Centaur. While the Astrobotic team is looking forward to launch, we understand ULA is conducting an investigation following a test article anomaly. The ULA team is no longer targeting a May 4, 2023 launch date and will provide a…
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