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Our Peregrine lunar lander successfully completed structural model testing, marking a major development milestone toward its maiden voyage and lunar landing in 2021! These tests qualify the integrity of the Peregrine lander’s structure and its ability to survive launch while carrying payloads from 16 customers. The test campaign was completed using the Peregrine Structural Test Model (STM), a one-to-one scale representation of Peregrine that was assembled at Astrobotic’s new lunar logistics headquarters in Pittsburgh. Testing was conducted over 2 months at the Dayton T. Brown, Inc. commercial test facility in Bohemia, NY. The campaign proved that Peregrine can withstand the flight environment of United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Vulcan Centaur, the launch vehicle for the mission. “This is a major step towards verifying the Peregrine design, and I’m really proud that our team was able to meet aggressive schedules while operating under the strict safety protocols required during the pandemic,“ Sharad Bhaskaran, Mission Director. Moving forward, the STM will be used for Peregrine Mission One landing stability testing and future mission configuration studies. Flight structure manufacturing for the mission will begin this fall.

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Russell Ellis

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Great job, ULA always have the most interesting projects. I visited the facility once and it was a top notch place.

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Court Heller

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Congratulations to the entire team, quite the milestone!

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Jonathan Hill

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Awesome, great job!

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Thomas. J. Volpe, MBA

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Testing for today and future endeavours.

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"It’s not easy to get from North Lincoln Avenue to the Lake of Death..." - but we're doing just that! A great in-depth look from TIME https://lnkd.in/gZ8v4NVv

How Pittsburgh Is Leading the U.S. Back to the Moon

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"Engineers have further matured two landing sensor systems that could be used for future lunar and Martian touchdowns, thanks to a recent flight test above the mountains north of California’s Mojave Desert." Read more below:

NASA, Astrobotic Advance Precision Landing Systems in Plane Test

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We are proud to announce that we have been picked to #survivethenight on the Moon. No Lunar rover has been able to simultaneously survive the extremely cold temperatures & maintain communication with the Earth. #spacetechnology #space #moon

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“This success marks a major program milestone for Peregrine mission as well as for Astrobotic as a company. Confirming the technical capabilities of our team and our custom-built avionics and communications systems in a sophisticated, system-level spacecraft test was a tremendous success. Seeing the entire team overcome test challenges felt close to flying the actual mission. This is a great accomplishment for our historic trip to the Moon,” - Ander Solorzano, Flight Director & Lead Systems Engineer https://lnkd.in/eE4cXkEt #NASA #space #success

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On this #InternationalMoonDay, we're honoring the past and looking ahead to when Peregrine lands on the Moon later this year. With 24 payloads and tens of thousands of individuals joining us through our DHL #MoonBox program, we're humbled to have so many of you aboard.

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“We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth,” - Astronaut Bill Anders. Happy Day, everyone. We are honored to be leading America back to the Moon so soon after the 50th anniversary of #Apollo

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