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Pittsburgh company Astrobotic one step closer to 2021 moon mission
Courtesy: Astrobotic Inc.
A mock up of Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander, which it intends to use for its first mission to the moon in 2021.
For the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972, the U.S. is going back to the moon this year.
The Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic is an integral part of the mission. Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander is carrying NASA payloads to the moon.
The company recently completed successful testing with NASA’s water-detecting payloads to fly aboard the Peregrine Lander.
In this TribLIVE video interview, Astrobotic mission director Sharad Bhaskaran explains why this is an important step and how much of a challenge it will be to land Peregrine on the moon’s surface from a control center in Pittsburgh.
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