Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One
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Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.
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VIPER cancelled, but launch of the lander still scheduled for fall 2025
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
See Detailsthe sidebooster will attempt to land at the launch site after launch.
Landing Attempt Confirmedthe sidebooster will attempt to land at the launch site after launch.
Landing Attempt ConfirmedThe center core will attempt to land on an ASDS after launch.
Landing Attempt ConfirmedSpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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The mission will carry a pair of commercial, robotic rovers to the lunar surface. It was most recently scheduled to launch by the end 2025.
Astrobotic Technology says it now plans to launch its large lunar lander carrying a commercial rover no earlier than mid-2026. The post Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 lander mission to mid-2026 appeared first on SpaceNews.
Send Your Name to the Moon! Falcon Heavy to Launch LunEx-1 aboard Griffin Lunar Lander
Astrobotic will deliver a lunar rover built by Venturi Astrolab to the south polar region of the moon as soon as the end of this year. The post Astrolab to fly its FLIP lunar lander on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander appeared first on Space…
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