Astrobotic

Spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2007, Astrobotic builds the Peregrine and Griffin lunar landers from Pittsburgh. Griffin is the largest of NASA's CLPS landers, designed to deliver the VIPER water-ice rover to the lunar south pole.

Peregrine Mission 1 was Astrobotic's first attempt at a soft landing. A propellant leak shortly after spacecraft separation prevented orbit insertion; the vehicle was returned to a controlled atmospheric reentry over the South Pacific. The company continues to develop Griffin and its CubeRover product line.