Tuesday / 23 Mar 2021

Astrobotic Griffin Lander Mockup Undergoing VIPER Integration Testing At Johnson Space Center

Full Scale Prototype Of Astrobotic Medium Payload Capacity (475kg) Lunar Lander, Griffin, Being Evaluated For Fitment With Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, Special Attention Being Paid To Surface Deployability Via 20° Foldable Ramps; Flight Ready Version Of Griffin To Possess Landing Accuracy Within 100m And Hazard Detection Threshold Of 15cm Enabled By Avionics Suite Including LIDAR, DOPLER, Star Tracking, Inertial Measurement And Vision-Based Algorithmic Navigation; Agile Space Industries Providing Attitude Control System Comprised Of Seven A110 Thrusters), Five 3.1kN F500E Main Engines By Frontier Aerospace

Credits: Astrobotic, NASA