Astrobotic Technology is partnering with NASA to send its robotic lander to the moon.
Astrobotic Technology, which spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2008, has been selected for a partnership agreement with NASA as one of three companies to help the agency advance lunar landing capabilities. The agency hopes the partnerships will help it support sending commercial payloads to the surface of the moon.
NASA’s Lunar Cargo Transportation and Landing by Soft Touchdown (Catalyst) initiative sought partners in the development of reliable and cost-effective commercial robotic lunar lander capabilities to support science and…