Astrobotic CubeRover Prepared For Regolith Testing
08.12.2020 Filed in: Robotics
Jim Mantovani, left, and A.J. Nick, with Kennedy Space Center's Exploration and Research and Technology programs, unbox a CubeRover at the Florida spaceport on Oct. 9, 2020.
The rover was delivered by Pittsburgh-based space robotics company Astrobotic, as part of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award from NASA. Nick will lead CubeRover testing in the coming months in the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations (GMRO) Laboratory's regolith bin, which holds approximately 120 tons of lunar regolith simulant at Kennedy's Swamp Works. In 2019, NASA announced a $2 million Tipping Point award to develop more mature CubeRover's payload interfaces and increase its capabilities.
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