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NASA Selects Astrolab to Provide Lunar Rover for Artemis Astronauts’ Return to the Moon
Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab) announced today that NASA has selected the company as one of two providers of a crewed lunar rover for the Artemis program, advancing the agency’s plans to establish sustained surface mobility at the lunar south pole. “We’re honored that NASA has selected Astrolab to help provide the surface mobility astronauts will need as the Artemis program returns…
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Astrobotic Griffin-1 Mission Update
Griffin-1 Mission UpdateGriffin-1 continues to gain momentum on the path to deliver Astrolab’s FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) rover, Astrobotic’s own CubeRover, and several additional payloads to the Moon. Read on for updates on integration, payloads, and software testing.Propulsion IntegrationGriffin-1’s propulsion architecture centers around four high-performance Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) propellant tanks engineered to be both lightweight and structurally…
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Astrolab’s FLIP rover joins Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 As Primary Payload to the Moon
Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab) and Astrobotic announced that Astrobotic’s Griffin lander will deliver an Astrolab rover to the Moon as part of Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1). The rover, currently known as FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform), will be deployed at the Nobile Region of the lunar south pole. The Astrobotic mission, originally carrying the VIPER payload as part of NASA’s…
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Astrolab Awarded NASA Contract Worth up to $1.9 Billion to Support the Development of Artemis Campaign’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle
Today Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) announced that NASA has awarded the company, together with its teammates Axiom Space, Inc., and Odyssey Space Research, a contract to advance the development of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) which will help Artemis astronauts explore more of the Moon’s surface on future missions. The Astrolab team is one of three teams to win contract…
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Astrolab’s FLEX Rover to be Launched on Upcoming SpaceX Mission to the Moon
Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), announced it has reached an agreement with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for the company to transport Astrolab’s Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover on an upcoming mission to the Moon. SpaceX will use the Starship launch and landing system for this mission as soon as mid-2026. “Starship is designed to transport large amounts of cargo, including…
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