The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Astrobotic Technology: 3 models, 1 deployment across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
Astrobotic Technology holds 1 Regulatory filing, per the DEPLOY registry.
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Overview
Astrobotic Technology is a US lunar-logistics company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, maker of the Peregrine and Griffin landers and the CubeRover line (Nasa CLPS partner). The Peregrine Mission One launched in January 2024 as the first US commercial lunar lander, though it experienced a propulsion anomaly.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
CubeRover
Astrobotic's CubeRover is a small, scalable lunar rover platform for delivering payloads on the Moon; CubeRover-1 is manifested to fly on Griffin Mission One.
Current platform
Griffin
Astrobotic's Griffin is a large lunar lander designed for higher payload capacities; Griffin Mission One is set to deliver Astrobotic's CubeRover to the Moon (launch no earlier than December 2025).
Current platform
Peregrine Lander
Commercial lunar lander with autonomous descent design (Astrobotic; NASA CLPS).. Form factor: space. Maturity: pilot. Focus: US lunar-logistics company. Robot: Maker of the Peregrine and Griffin landers and the CubeRover line. Customers: NASA CLPS provider.
Astrobotic Technology on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2024. Explore where Astrobotic Technology's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Astrobotic Technology, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
What is Astrobotic Peregrine?
What is autonomous space systems?
Current leadership (2)
- William L. "Red" Whittaker Chief Scientistreported, not verified
- John Thornton CEOsince 2009-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- William L. "Red" Whittakercofounderfounded 2007-01-01no longer at company
previously at RedZone Robotics
- John Thorntoncofounderfounded 2007-01-01no longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- William L. "Red" Whittaker Founder & Executive Chairmansince 2007-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Astrobotic Technology.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Astrobotic Technology1 deployment
Recent coverage
Astrobotic Technology in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Astrobotic Technology competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ClearSpacedirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Regulatory filings (1)
- CLPS Task Order 2-ABother · othergranted
Linked models: Peregrine Lander
Timeline
Every recorded move in Astrobotic Technology’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Key hireJohn Thornton joins as CEO
2009-01-01John Thornton appointed CEO (current)
Key hireWilliam L. "Red" Whittaker joins as Founder & Executive Chairman
2007-01-01William L. "Red" Whittaker appointed Founder & Executive Chairman
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One review
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 8, 2024
Peregrine Lander at The Moon
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Astrobotic Technology.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- Boeing2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Astrobotic Technology from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Voyager completes acquisition of Astrobotic
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/astrobotic.md
- RSS feed: /companies/astrobotic/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e3365dfa-5ef2-47b5-9f23-0132b0e49822
- Revision history: /companies/astrobotic/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- SpaceX3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- Boeing2 models
Video
Commercial space company Astrobotic unveiled its nearly complete robotic lunar lander, designed to take payloads for paying customers like NASA to the surface o
Robotic rovers drive differently when under the lower gravity of Mars or the moon. Astrobotic carefully tests its robots under these different gravitational for
Red Whittaker presents 'Landing the Lunar X PRIZE', part of the Field Robotics Center Seminar Series. This seminar covers the roles of Carnegie Mellon and Astr
Astrobotic President David Gump and Chief Engineer John Thornton discuss the role simulation plays in their company and how they use ANSYS products in their rac
While its name is changing, Astrobotic's mission isn't. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com
Mike Provenzano, the director of planetary mobility at Astrobotics, talks about the technology with KDKA's Meghan Schiller.
John co-founded Astrobotic in 2007. With more than 15 years’ experience at Astrobotic, John's focus is to make space accessible to the world. Under John's tenur
In this installment of the Future Grind podcast host Ryan O’Shea discusses the future of space robotics with John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic. Astrobotic is a s
Pittsburgh's Astrobotic is sending a spacecraft to the Moon, which could win them the $30 Million Google Lunar XPRIZE! Find out about their incredible work, and
A team of engineers and scientists from Pittsburgh has gotten one step closer to its moonshot, winning $750,000 on its way to the final round of the Google Luna
Today's robotics briefing covers three fresh stories from the last 72 hours: 1. VinDynamics unveils Vietnam's first humanoid robot, Dyno, at ICRA 2026 + Comput
Aaron Acton, a computer programmer at Astrobotic Technology, Inc. joins Josh Peterson, a lead software developer at ANSYS to discuss robotics, engineering simul
Heat Index
Serious50/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Astrobotic Technology draws attention at the 75th percentile but verifies reality at the 7th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +67.6, 4th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 4, 2026