News Archive / Tagged: Lunar Lander

• NASA TAPS ASTROBOTIC TO DELIVER VIPER ROVER TO THE MOON

  Michael ColeJune 16th, 2020

  NASA awarded a nearly $200 million contract Thursday to Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, to deliver NASA’s VIPER rover to a destination at the moon’s south pole in 2023.

• NASA selects three companies to develop lunar landers

  Cullen DesforgesMay 1st, 2020

                              NASA announced on April 30, 2020 that it had selected three companies to develop lunar landers for its Artemis program.

• Companies selected to study lunar landers for Artemis program

  Derek RichardsonMay 17th, 2019

  In order to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 under the Artemis program, NASA needs to get a jump start on the development of crew-rated lunar landers.

• NASA wants speedy development of commercial lunar landers

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 15th, 2019

  NASA emphasized speed and openness in an industry forum for the development of commercial lunar landers to get cargo and humans to the Moon’s surface.

• NASA seeking proposals for human-rated lunar lander systems

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 9th, 2019

  With SLS and Orion in the latter stages of development, NASA wants to work with industry to develop a human-rated lunar lander by the mid-to-late 2020s.

• Dynetics tapped to produce propulsion system for Peregrine lunar lander

  Jason RhianJuly 31st, 2018

  Astrobotic has announced that it has chosen Dynetics to provide the propulsion system for the company's Peregrine lunar lander.