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[H1] Advancing Humanity's Lunar Future: Griffin-1
Scheduled to land at the lunar South Pole's Nobile Crater, Griffin-1 recently welcomed Astrolab's FLIP rover aboard.
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[H2] Landers, Rovers, Surface Power
We're at the forefront of advancing space exploration and technology development. Our expertise spans from lunar rovers, landers, and infrastructure to spacecraft navigation, machine vision, and computing systems. See what we've been up to lately:
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Whether you’re looking to send science instruments, new technology demonstrations, rovers, satellites, or simply a piece of history in our MoonBox capsules – we’re in the business of getting you to space. Interested? Mission Control wants to talk to you.
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[H2] Meet Xodiac
Astrobotic's rocket landers are a low-cost way to test, mature, and validate payloads before they are sent to space. Reusable, with a heritage of over 600 successful flights, we can get your payload airborne: [email protected].
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[H2] Meet Griffin
Our Griffin lander has five times the carrying capacity of Peregrine and can accommodate larger payloads like rovers the size of a compact car. Check out Griffin's specs and contact us to discuss your mission needs at [email protected].
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[H2] Meet Cuberover
CubeRovers are lightweight, compact, affordable lunar vehicles with standardized sizes to best fit the instruments and experiments you want to drive on the Moon. Need wheels for your space tech? Check out our CubeRover user’s guide and send us a note at [email protected].
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[H1] We’re the Moon Company.
From governments and companies, to universities and individuals, we are making the Moon accessible to everyone with a delivery manifest of technologies built by people all around the world. Want to join?
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MISSION 2 | GRIFFIN
[H2] Nobile Region 2026
Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1) is a lunar lander mission that will land at the Nobile Crater at the lunar South Pole. Currently aboard are payloads from Venturi Astrolab, the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, and Astrobotic. This contract was awarded as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

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FLEX Lunar & Explorer Rover (FLIP)
Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab)
USA

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Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab)
USA

The FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) is Astrolab’s technology demonstration rover designed to mature core components and subsystems used on the company’s large-scale vehicle, the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover. FLIP will not only mature technologies for the core FLEX platform but also enable payload customers to perform technology demonstrations and commercial exploration as well as acquire critical science data. Astrolab’s objectives for FLIP include traversing multiple kilometers to a hibernation site and survival of at least one lunar night. Astrolab intends to carry several payloads that will advance the company’s understanding of the most effective ways to mitigate the risks that lunar dust poses to vehicles, structures, and spacecraft systems on the Moon’s surface.

BEACON
Mission Control & Astrobotic
Canada & USA

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Mission Control & Astrobotic
Canada & USA

BEACON — A lunar mobility mission designed in collaboration with Astrobotic Technology, focused on demonstrating CubeRover® operations on the Moon. BEACON will travel to the Moon aboard the Griffin-1 lunar lander and deploy to the surface, where it will use Mission Control’s Spacefarer™ software platform to allow operators to perceive and navigate the lunar surface, and the Spacefarer AI™ platform to demonstrate onboard machine learning capabilities. The mission is an exciting exploration of what it takes to operate missions at the lunar south pole and a stepping stone towards the development of robust, intelligent systems for surface operations in challenging lunar environments.

CubeRover™
Astrobotic
USA

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Astrobotic
USA

CubeRover is Astrobotic’s scalable planetary-class rover designed to revolutionize access to the Moon. CubeRover uses flight heritage and off-the-shelf components to perform science missions and technology demonstrations at a fraction of historical prices. Akin to CubeSats for the Lunar surface, each CubeRover unit, or “U”, can support a 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm payload that weighs 1 kg. This CubeRover is a 2U that will traverse multiple kilometers across the lunar surface, communicate with Astrobotic's Mission Control team, and charge its batteries with a solar panel.

Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA)
NASA
USA

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NASA
USA

Per NASA: The Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) is designed to use reflected laser light from Earth to precisely determine the location of the Griffin-1 lander. It consists of eight 1.25-cm retroreflectors.

LandCam-X
The European Space Agency
OIP (Belgium) & LLS (France)

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The European Space Agency
OIP (Belgium) & LLS (France)

The European Space Agency will have the LandCam-X camera (built by OIP, Belgium) flown to the moon by Lunar Logistics Services and Astrobotic to provide a set of images that will eventually allow for the ground validation of Image Processing and Vision-Based  Navigation algorithms to be used aboard future lunar landers, with a goal to improve landing precision and safety.

Galactic Library to Preserve Humanity (GLPH)
NanoFiche
USA

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NanoFiche
USA

The Galactic Library to Preserve Humanity (GLPH) is a nano-engraved repository of literature, art, and significant intellectual achievements, crafted from a nickel and gold medium that withstands the ravages of time and neglect. Utilizing NanoFiche technology, this archival project serves as a microscopic library that safeguards essential human accomplishments, ensuring that our history, scientific advancements, and cultural contributions remain accessible to future generations beyond Earth. The format is based on traditional human-readable glyphs that have been in use since the inception of written history, allowing retrieval with only optical devices and light. In contrast to digital formats, it does not require complex codecs or advanced hardware, thereby facilitating easy access to knowledge regardless of the passage of time.

MoonBox
Astrobotic
USA

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USA

Astrobotic accepted small personal mementos for inclusion on Griffin Mission One. Items from around the world will be stored aboard Griffin on the Moon for centuries to come. From photographs and novels to student work and scientific data, life’s most meaningful moments will be forever linked with our nearest celestial neighbor.

Moon Pi
Stand Up Maths
Australia/Worldwide

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Stand Up Maths
Australia/Worldwide

Moon Pi is a community-driven payload that will use spare computing capacity on the CubeRover to calculate the mathematical constant π on the surface of the Moon, transforming lunar operations into a unique scientific and educational demonstration. Led by mathematician Matt Parker and supported by thousands of backers, the project invites students and math enthusiasts worldwide to take part in a symbolic computation performed beyond Earth.

Time Capsule
Nippon Travel Agency
Japan

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Nippon Travel Agency
Japan

Nippon Travel Agency, Japan’s most historic travel provider, celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2025. As a core initiative of its commemorative project, "We are going to the Moon!" , the company is sending a memorial plate shaped like its space mascot, "Soratan," to the lunar south pole. The plate is engraved with QR codes storing digital messages of gratitude and future aspirations collected from customers and partners. Serving as a "time capsule," the plate will safeguard these human sentiments on the Moon until the next generation of explorers arrives. Through this mission, Nippon Travel Agency bridges its 120-year legacy of connecting people with new destinations to the future of lunar travel.

Mission 1 | Peregrine
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One (PM1) is the first US commercial lunar lander to operate in space. Peregrine carried a diverse suite of scientific instruments, technologies, mementos, and other payloads from seven different countries, dozens of science teams, and hundreds of individuals.

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COLMENA
Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM)
Mexico

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Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM)
Mexico

Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM), the Mexican Space Agency, will fly the first Latin American scientific instrument to the surface of the Moon. The payload consists of five small robots, weighing less than 60 grams and measuring 12 centimeters in diameter, will be catapulted onto the lunar surface.

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Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer (LETS)
NASA
USA

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NASA
USA

The LETS radiation sensor will collect information about the lunar radiation environment and relies on flight-proven hardware that flew in space on the Orion spacecraft’s inaugural un-crewed flight in 2014. It is being developed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

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Mementos to the Moon
DHL MoonBox
Germany

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Germany

Astrobotic accepted small personal mementos for inclusion on Peregrine Mission One. Items from around the world will be stored aboard Peregrine on the Moon for centuries to come. From photographs and novels to student work and a piece of Mount Everest — life’s most meaningful moments will be forever linked with our nearest celestial neighbor.

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Spacebit Plaque
Spacebit
United Kingdom

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Spacebit
United Kingdom

Spacebit is a privately held UK company that is working on space data analytics tools and robotic concepts of space exploration that include AI and advanced microrobotics. The company believes in creating a commercially sustainable data and robotics business in space exploration. Its goal is to create new opportunities for industry and academia by developing infrastructure for commercial resource exploration on the Moon and beyond.

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IRIS Lunar Rover
Carnegie Mellon University
USA

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Carnegie Mellon University
USA

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) students, staff, and professors collaborate with Astrobotic to develop space robotics technology. CMU is currently developing the Iris rover for Astrobotic’s inaugural lunar mission. CMU is also a subcontractor on Astrobotic’s MoonRanger lunar rover mission.

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Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System (NIRVSS)
NASA
USA

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NASA
USA

NIRVSS will measure surface and subsurface hydration, carbon dioxide and methane – all resources that could potentially be mined from the Moon -- while also mapping surface temperature and changes at the landing site. It is being developed at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California.

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Memory of Mankind on the Moon
Puli Space Technologies
Hungary

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Puli Space Technologies
Hungary

Team Puli, from Hungary, will send a unique plaque for the “Memory of Mankind (MoM) on the Moon” project. The plaque contans archival imagery and texts readable with a 10x magnifier.

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Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS)
NASA
USA

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NASA
USA

NSS will search for indications of water-ice near the lunar surface by measuring how much hydrogen-bearing materials are at the landing site as well as determine the overall bulk composition of the regolith there. NSS is being developed at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

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Lunar Dream Capsule
Astroscale
Japan

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Astroscale
Japan

Astroscale will send the Lunar Dream Capsule which contains messages from children from around the world.

M-42 Radiation Detector
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany

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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) joins Peregrine Mission One to land a special German-built radiation detector. It will measure key radiation data on the flight to the Moon and on the lunar surface ahead of the upcoming NASA Artemis missions that will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon.

Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS)
NASA, ESA, OU
USA

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NASA, ESA, OU
USA

PITMS will characterize the lunar exosphere after descent and landing and throughout the lunar day to understand the release and movement of volatiles. PITMS is a partnership between NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, The Open University (OU), NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA).

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MoonArk
Carnegie Mellon University
USA

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Carnegie Mellon University
USA

The MoonArk, an epochal collaborative space project at Carnegie Mellon University, embodies the arts, humanities, sciences, and technologies in a set of intricately designed objects intended to spark wonderment and discovery for future generations.

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The Arch Libraries
The Arch Mission Foundation
USA

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The Arch Mission Foundation
USA

The Arch Mission Foundation designs, builds, delivers, and maintains curated, long-term archives that are housed in specially designed devices called Arch Libraries, or Archs (pronounced “Arks”). Archs are being developed with a variety of form factors to survive for long durations in space, as well as on the surfaces of planets, moons, and asteroids.

Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA)
NASA
USA

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NASA
USA

Per NASA: The Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) is designed to use reflected laser light from Earth to precisely determine the location of the Peregrine 1 lander. It consists of eight 1.25-cm retroreflectors.

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TERRAIN RELATIVE NAVIGATION
Astrobotic
USA

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Astrobotic
USA

Astrobotic will demonstrate its standalone Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) sensor as a payload on its first mission to the Moon. TRN will enable spacecraft to perform landings on planetary surfaces with an unparalleled accuracy of less than 100 meters. The TRN sensor is being developed under a $10 million NASA Tipping Point contract with NASA's Johnson Space Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Moog.

Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL)
NASA
USA

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USA

NDL was developed by NASA’s Langley Research Center and will determine the Peregrine spacecraft’s exact velocity and position to land on the Moon using LiDAR (light detection and ranging). NDL was developed by NASA over 10+ years for precise, safe landings on the Moon and in other challenging environments.

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Memorial Space Flight Services
Elysium Space
USA

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Elysium Space
USA

Elysium is providing lunar memorial services to deliver a symbolic portion of remains to the surface of the Moon.

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MEMORIAL SPACEFLIGHT
Celestis
USA

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