LunaGrid-Lite

NASA

Astrobotic Wins $34.6M for Power Demo Mission on the Moon

Astrobotic announced today that the company won a $34.6M NASA Tipping Point partnership to demonstrate power transmission on the lunar surface. The award will result in a demonstration on the Moon called LunaGrid-Lite, which will transmit power from a lunar lander to a tethered rover.During this demo, an Astrobotic 6U CubeRover will unreel 1 kilometer of cable from an Astrobotic…