Robotic Lunar Lander Peregrine, Set to Land Within Lacus Mortis in 2022, To Be Presented
Astrobotic working to complete Peregrine lander at 4,645-m2 Pittsburgh HQ, flight model to be unveiled at Keystone Space Collaborative Inaugural Conference (20-21 April) at Carnegie Science Center alongside Axiom, Redwire, Sierra, Voyager; CMU holding crowdfunding effort for Moonshot Mission Control, where 2-kg Iris (Astrobotic, 2022) and 19-kg Moonranger (Masten, 2023) lunar rovers are to be remotely controlled – donations of ≤US$100 rewarded with supporters’ name flown to Moon; Blue Origin partnering with GE Aviation subsidiary Unison Industries for design / manufacture of engines including BE-4 for ULA Vulcan Centaur