Category Archives: News Media

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

Astrobotic’s open house yesterday and mission to the moon was covered by several media outlets, including CNET and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.  The completed lander structure was the main attraction. Astrobotic, CMU Build Lunar Lander in X PRIZE Bid Tim Hornyak, CNET Carnegie Mellon Team Shoots for the Moon David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Lunar Lander… {read more}

By Malia Spencer Business Times Reporter Within two weeks, all the parts of Astrobotic Technology Inc.’s lunar rover and lander should be machined and in the planetary robotics bay at Carnegie Mellon University, and, in two months, the vehicle should be in California undergoing structural integrity testing. It’s all part of the start-up’s mission to… {read more}