Pittsburgh company Astrobotic one step closer to 2021 moon mission

Paul Guggenheimer
Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 7:01 a.m. | Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 7:01 a.m.

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Courtesy: Astrobotic Inc.

A mock up of Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander, which it intends to use for its first mission to the moon in 2021.

Astrobotic mission director Sharad Bhaskaran speaks with Paul Guggenheimer Tribune-Review

For the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972, the U.S. is going back to the moon this year.

The Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic is an integral part of the mission. Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander is carrying NASA payloads to the moon.

The company recently completed successful testing with NASA’s water-detecting payloads to fly aboard the Peregrine Lander.

In this TribLIVE video interview, Astrobotic mission director Sharad Bhaskaran explains why this is an important step and how much of a challenge it will be to land Peregrine on the moon’s surface from a control center in Pittsburgh.