Astrobotic to Unveil Peregrine Lander Today
WATCH LIVE TODAY: APRIL 20
3:00 pm EST
WHAT: Tune in to see flight hardware from the never-before-seen Peregrine lunar lander.
WHO: Speakers include:
CEO, Astrobotic, John Thornton
Founding Board Chair, Keystone Space Collaborative, Justine Kasznica
PA-8th, Congressman Matt Cartwright
NASA Administrator, Senator Bill Nelson
NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen
NASA Associate Administrator for Space Technology Mission Directorate, Mr. James L. Reuter
WHEN: Wednesday, April 20; 3:00-3:30 p.m. EST
Astrobotic’s Peregrine will deliver a diverse suite of 24 payloads (cargo) to the Moon’s surface later this year.
Peregrine is set to be the first US lunar lander to touch down on the Moon since the Apollo missions nearly 50 years ago. You will also hear from local and national leaders in commercial space, who are gathering for the tri-state region’s first-ever space conference.
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We might have a horse race on our hands. Astrobotic’s CLPS competitor, Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, is also scheduled for launch on a Falcon 9 this December.
We’ll see which one will actually be the first U.S. lunar lander to touch down on the moon since Apollo!
That puts the ball squarely in ULA’s court – and, by extension, Blue Origin’s as well. If Nova-C is ready to go in Dec., there’s no question that F9 will be too. But Peregrine is booked on Vulcan – a far more problematic ride.
Assuming they both launch, it becomes a matter then of which one lands in a good way and the other, not so good.
Really GOCE, the winged sat should have been called Peregrine, not this ugly box.