Category Archives: News Media

The lunar rover expedition being created by Astrobotic Technology and Carnegie Mellon University has been selected by Popular Science magazine as one the 100 best innovations of the year. The December issue named Astrobotic and its founder Dr. William “Red” Whittaker as the “Leader of the New Moon Race.” Popular Science said Astrobotic took the… {read more}

Astrobotic Technology Inc. is featured in a FoxNews.com article and a British Daily Mail report on accelerating solar system exploration through the use of lunar resources.  The Fox News report describes how Astrobotic has begun a two-year NASA contract to develop a prototype robotic excavator to recover the water and methane ices at the Moon’s… {read more}

A story about Astrobotic Technology’s lunar lander appeared on the front page of the New York Times national edition July 22, describing Astrobotic and Moon Express, a company planning a much smaller spacecraft. The New York Times noted that Astrobotic missions will earn substantial profits regardless of the outcome of the Google Lunar X PRIZE… {read more}

Princeton University’s alumni blog names Red Whittaker as ‘Tiger of the Week’: Robot designer William “Red” Whittaker ’73 likes challenges. One of his latest goals: sending one of his robots to the moon. With a team of students, the Carnegie Mellon robotics professor is competing for the Google Lunar X Prize, which will award $20… {read more}

The Wall Street Journal’s Creativity page has introduced readers around the world to Red Whittaker, the driving force behind the moon project at Astrobotic and Carnegie Mellon. Read the full article: A Roboticist’s Trip from Mines to the Moon

Astrobotic has been featured in the cover article of Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science magazine The Link. The mission and several CMU student team members are profiled. Astrobotic’s Race to the Moon