Voyager Technologies completed its acquisition of Astrobotic Technology, Inc. on 13-JUL-2026. Astrobotic now operates as Voyager Lunar Systems, Voyager's dedicated lunar operations business. John Thornton continues to lead the organization from Pittsburgh, while propulsion and flight-test operations remain in Mojave, California.
The more than $600 million figure is a company-stated historical total for NASA and Department of Defense contracts, not current funded backlog. This profile tracks Astrobotic's programs, contracts and execution. Read the Voyager Technologies parent profile for consolidated financials →
Astrobotic develops robotic systems that transport payloads to the Moon, move equipment across the lunar surface, distribute power and test spacecraft hardware in realistic flight environments. After Voyager Technologies closed its acquisition in July 2026, the business began operating as Voyager Lunar Systems while retaining the Astrobotic brand, Pittsburgh headquarters and Mojave propulsion-and-test operation.
The near-term lunar portfolio centers on the smaller Peregrine lander and the larger Griffin-1 lander. Supporting systems include CubeRover mobility, terrain-relative navigation, hazard detection and avoidance, mission operations and LunaGrid surface-power technology. The Mojave business adds Xodiac and Xogdor reusable vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing test vehicles plus propulsion development and hot-fire infrastructure inherited from Masten Space Systems.
For national security, Astrobotic's value extends beyond Moon delivery. The U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory are funding Xodiac-B as a reusable flight testbed for advanced engines, while the broader Mojave operation supports rapid testing of propulsion, sensors, avionics and guidance systems. For capital and procurement, the company is now a program-level operating unit inside Voyager rather than a standalone financing story.
Peregrine is Astrobotic's smaller lunar delivery vehicle. Peregrine Mission One launched on 08-JAN-2024 aboard United Launch Alliance's first Vulcan flight. Astrobotic's working theory was that a pressure-control valve failed to reseal, overpressurizing and rupturing the oxidizer tank and creating a sustained propellant leak that prevented a lunar landing. Astrobotic maintained spacecraft operations, activated payloads and directed a safe Earth re-entry on 18-JAN-2024.
NASA awarded Astrobotic $297.9 million on 30-JUN-2026 for two new Peregrine deliveries. Astrobotic identifies the missions as Peregrine-2 and Peregrine-3, both planned for 2028 near the Gruithuisen Domes. Each is scheduled to carry the same three NASA payloads: a radiation instrument, plume-surface cameras and a laser retroreflector. Commercial capacity remains available on both landers.
Griffin is Astrobotic's larger lander and carries roughly five times Peregrine's payload capacity. NASA originally awarded Astrobotic $199.5 million in 2020 to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER. NASA ended the VIPER rover project in 2024, but Astrobotic continued Griffin with a revised manifest.
Griffin-1 now carries 10 payloads from NASA, the European Space Agency and commercial customers. Major payloads include Astrolab's FLIP rover, Astrobotic's CubeRover-based BEACON mission and ESA's LandCam-X landing camera. The lander left Pittsburgh for environmental testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in July 2026. Voyager targets launch no earlier than November 2026.
Astrobotic develops compact CubeRovers, payload deployment systems and autonomous landing technology. Its Griffin guidance stack combines terrain-relative navigation, lidar-based hazard detection and avoidance and Navigation Doppler Lidar to guide the lander in a Global Positioning System-denied environment. These technologies also create contract opportunities outside the company's own lunar missions.
LunaGrid is Astrobotic's proposed power-generation and distribution service for the lunar surface. NASA selected Astrobotic for a $34.6 million Tipping Point partnership in 2023 to demonstrate LunaGrid-Lite, including robotic cable deployment and kilowatt-scale power transmission. NASA TechPort listed the project as active in July 2026. The concept depends on successful surface delivery, cable deployment, power conversion and operations in lunar regolith and plasma conditions.
Xodiac is a reusable hover rocket used to test sensors, guidance systems, engines and entry, descent and landing hardware. Xogdor is the larger suborbital vehicle under development for higher-altitude, supersonic and microgravity testing. In December 2025 Astrobotic announced three awards totaling $17.5 million: approximately $1.9 million from the U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory for Xodiac-B, $1.6 million from NASA for Xodiac-C and $14 million from NASA for Xogdor Block 1B.
The propulsion portfolio also includes the Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine. Astrobotic reported that two Chakram prototypes completed eight hot-fire tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in April 2026, including a 300-second continuous burn and more than 470 seconds of total run time. The company is still maturing cooling, throttling and mass reduction before operational use.
Astrobotic was founded in 2007 as a Carnegie Mellon University spinout during the Google Lunar X Prize era. William “Red” Whittaker and John Thornton helped turn the original competition team into a commercial lunar-delivery company. Astrobotic later became one of NASA's first Commercial Lunar Payload Services contractors and built its Moon Base headquarters in Pittsburgh around spacecraft integration, mission operations and lunar robotics.
In September 2022 Astrobotic acquired Masten Space Systems. The transaction added Mojave test facilities, propulsion infrastructure, Xodiac and Xogdor reusable vehicles and a heritage of more than 600 vertical takeoff and landing flights. That acquisition materially broadened Astrobotic from a lunar lander company into a combined lunar, propulsion and reusable-flight-test business.
Peregrine Mission One launched in January 2024 and became the first American commercial lunar lander sent into space, but the propulsion anomaly prevented a landing. The mission still produced spacecraft operations data and payload results before controlled re-entry. Astrobotic applied those lessons to Griffin-1 and later Peregrine missions.
Voyager Technologies entered the merger agreement on 01-JUN-2026 and announced it on 02-JUN-2026. The proposed consideration was up to approximately $300 million, including contingent consideration payable in cash and Voyager stock. Voyager completed the acquisition on 13-JUL-2026. Astrobotic now operates as Voyager Lunar Systems, with Pittsburgh serving as Voyager's lunar-program center and Mojave continuing as the propulsion and test site.
Astrobotic does not disclose standalone revenue, margin, cash, net income or backlog. The company stated at the acquisition announcement that it had secured more than $600 million in NASA and Department of Defense contracts. That figure is a historical aggregate contract-base claim, not a current funded backlog number and not guaranteed future revenue.
The largest disclosed near-term award is NASA's $297.9 million task-order total for Peregrine-2 and Peregrine-3. Revenue conversion depends on contract milestones, launch schedules and successful mission execution. Griffin-1 is the nearest operational proof point because it must complete environmental testing, launch integration, transit and landing before Astrobotic can establish successful lunar-surface heritage.
The reusable-flight-test business provides a second growth lane. Xodiac-B, Xodiac-C and Xogdor Block 1B are funded by NASA and national-security customers, while the Mojave facility can sell testing services to government, university and commercial developers. LunaGrid-Lite offers a third lane, but it remains a developmental demonstration rather than a mature power-service revenue stream.
After 13-JUL-2026, Astrobotic's results are consolidated into Voyager Technologies. Voyager's filings, not this subsidiary profile, are the authority for cash, losses, consolidated backlog and guidance.
No separate post-acquisition Astrobotic board is publicly disclosed. Corporate governance, capital allocation and public-company oversight reside with Voyager Technologies. Current Voyager directors are listed in the parent profile →
| Filed | Form | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04-JUN-2026 | 8-K | Reports the 01-JUN-2026 Astrobotic merger agreement. Voyager agreed to acquire 100% of Astrobotic and could issue up to 2,031,694 Class A closing shares plus contingent earnout shares. The filing does not present Astrobotic standalone financial statements. | View → |
| 04-MAY-2026 | 10-Q | Voyager's quarterly report for the period ended 31-MAR-2026. It is the final quarterly parent baseline before the Astrobotic acquisition agreement and contains no Astrobotic operating results. | View → |
| Date | Awarding Body | Program / Scope | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-JUN-2026 | NASA CLPS | Two Peregrine lander deliveries, identified by Astrobotic as Peregrine-2 and Peregrine-3, planned for 2028 near the Gruithuisen Domes | $297.9M total | Awarded |
| 19-DEC-2025 | U.S. Space Force / AFRL | Small Business Innovation Research award to design and build Xodiac-B for reusable in-flight testing of rotating detonation and other small rocket engines | ≈$1.9M | Awarded |
| 19-DEC-2025 | NASA | Small Business Innovation Research Phase III award for Xodiac-C entry, descent and landing test-vehicle upgrades | $1.6M | Awarded |
| 19-DEC-2025 | NASA | Small Business Innovation Research Phase III award for Xogdor Block 1B suborbital, supersonic and microgravity test capability | $14.0M | Awarded |
| 24-JUL-2023 | NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate | LunaGrid-Lite Tipping Point partnership for robotic cable deployment and lunar surface power transmission demonstration | $34.6M NASA contribution | Active |
| 11-JUN-2020 | NASA CLPS | Original Griffin delivery task order for VIPER. NASA ended the rover project in 2024; Griffin continues with a revised payload manifest. | $199.5M original award | Re-scoped |
| 31-MAY-2019 | NASA CLPS | Peregrine Mission One payload delivery task order | $79.5M | Mission concluded |
| Date | Insider / Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Astrobotic · acquired subsidiary | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A — no Section 16 reporting |
Voyager bought an operating lunar and reusable-test stack, not a dormant brand. Astrobotic brings active spacecraft, government contracts, specialized facilities and a flight-test business that broadens Voyager's lunar initiative. The strategic value is real. The missing proof is repeatable mission execution.
Griffin-1 is the nearest decisive milestone. A successful launch, transit and landing would give Astrobotic the lunar-surface heritage Peregrine did not deliver and would improve confidence in the two $297.9 million Peregrine follow-on missions. A major delay or failure would increase schedule pressure, customer risk and the cost of Voyager's integration thesis.
The 2026 Peregrine awards are financially important but should not be treated as immediate revenue. Commercial Lunar Payload Services contracts are executed through milestones and mission schedules. Launch delays, payload changes and technical rework can shift revenue timing and margin.
The Mojave operation is the strongest diversification argument. Xodiac and Xogdor can serve NASA, defense laboratories and commercial developers without waiting for lunar launch windows. The U.S. Space Force and Air Force Research Laboratory award also gives Astrobotic a credible national-security lane tied to advanced propulsion and rapid flight testing.
Voyager now controls capital allocation, acquisition accounting and public disclosure. Readers evaluating liquidity, dilution or consolidated backlog should use the Voyager Technologies profile. This page should be read as the program and execution dossier.
Xodiac and Xogdor compete less directly with lunar lander providers. Their alternatives include sounding rockets, aircraft drop tests, ground-only test stands and other vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing demonstrators. Astrobotic's advantage is repeated rocket-powered flight in a controlled terrestrial environment.
Astrobotic's strongest asset is the combination of systems that usually sit in separate companies: lunar landers, rovers, autonomous landing software, surface-power technology, mission control, reusable test rockets and propulsion infrastructure. The Pittsburgh and Mojave facilities provide physical capacity that cannot be recreated with software or a small engineering team.
The company also holds long-standing NASA relationships and a company-reported heritage of more than 625 reusable rocket flights across five vehicles. Masten's 2022 acquisition gave Astrobotic a test record and propulsion base that most lunar-delivery rivals do not possess. Voyager adds access to public capital and a wider defense-and-space customer network.
The moat remains incomplete because Astrobotic has not completed a soft lunar landing. Peregrine Mission One proved launch integration, deep-space operations and payload activation but did not prove descent or surface operations. The portfolio becomes durable only if Griffin and later Peregrine missions turn contract position into successful, repeatable delivery.
Griffin execution. Griffin-1 must complete environmental testing, launch processing, transit, autonomous descent and landing. The mission is larger and more complex than Peregrine.
Flight heritage. Peregrine's propulsion failure leaves Astrobotic without a successful lunar landing. Design changes must prevent recurrence while Griffin uses a different vehicle architecture and payload set.
NASA concentration. NASA lunar programs are the largest disclosed demand driver. Task-order timing, payload changes, appropriations and program restructuring can alter schedule and economics.
Fixed-price and milestone risk. Public award values do not reveal current funding, cost-to-complete or margin. Technical rework can consume cash before milestones are accepted.
Launch dependency. Astrobotic relies on external launch providers and range availability. A lander can be ready while its launch slot moves.
Voyager integration. The parent must retain specialized staff, preserve program accountability and integrate finance, procurement and controls without slowing mission work.
Developmental propulsion. Chakram, Xodiac-B, Xodiac-C and Xogdor Block 1B remain development programs. Test success does not guarantee operational demand or production economics.
Astrobotic is concentrated by customer class and mission type. NASA dominates disclosed lunar awards, while national-security work is meaningful but smaller. Voyager absorbs corporate liquidity risk, yet Astrobotic still carries program-level concentration in Griffin, the two 2028 Peregrine missions and a limited number of reusable-flight-test contracts.