From sandbox to lunar surface🌔Here’s how our FLIP rover’s successful egress tests on Earth translate to what it will do on the Moon.
This test featured tilted ramps for teams to test different landing orientations to ensure we can successfully egress under many conditions.
Egress test successful! Last week our FLIP test vehicle passed a major test: dismounting from our test fixture which replicates the dismount the rover will make from the Griffin lander onto the lunar surface.
This egress involves a controlled descent down a steep ramp, and a…
New and improved, meet the latest iteration of FLEX! Our FLEX rover has been through years of testing as we refined everything from its sensors to the crew stand.
We’re excited to see the rover continue to evolve into the final version that will head to the Moon.
A rover doesn’t come together overnight.
Astrolab teams worked for months designing and assembling our FLIP test vehicle. This time-lapse shows the two days of work that led up to the test vehicle’s first drive in the Astrolab cleanroom. But there are many more drives to come!
FLEX has landed on the Sphere!
We were thrilled to be mentioned by HPE CEO Antonio Neri during his keynote address this week at the #HPEDiscover event in Las Vegas. We are excited to be partnering with @HPE to bring their computing technology to the lunar surface.
It was an honor to have Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot, Brigadier General Charlie Duke, USAF (Ret) come visit FLEX last week at Space Symposium! It’s incredible to share our lunar rover with lunar pioneers like him.
Congratulations to @SpaceX on the successful launch of Starship! I had the great pleasure of watching from the SpaceX VIP viewing area with @Astrolab_Space's Board Chairman Tobias and then toured the pad and factory after the launch. The Moon is getting closer every day! 🚀🌔
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