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Astrobotic will launch mini rover alongside NASA’s ice rover VIPER on next lunar mission

COLORADO SPRINGS — Astrobotic’s next lunar mission will send not one but two rovers to Earth’s closest neighbor. The Pittsburgh-based company plans to launch the Griffin lunar lander’s first mission atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year. Griffin’s primary mission is to deliver NASA’s ice-chasing VIPER rover to the Moon’s south polar region,… Read More »

Two companies will attempt first US moon landing since the Apollo missions half a century ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — While China and India landed on the moon, Russia, Japan and Israel threw themselves into the lunar dump. More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, two private companies are now scrambling to get the United States back into the game. It’s part of a NASA-backed effort… Read More »

Two companies will attempt first US moon landing since the Apollo missions half a century ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — While China and India landed on the moon, Russia, Japan and Israel threw themselves into the lunar dump. More than fifty years after the end of the Apollo program, two private companies are now scrambling to get the United States back into the game. It’s part of a NASA-backed effort… Read More »