Astrobotic

Astrobotic and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory have signed an agreement to work together and share knowledge and technology toward the development of liquid and solid rocket propulsion systems.

 Astrobotic

A Pittsburgh, Pa.-based space and technology company that operates a testing facility at Mojave Air & Space Port in eastern Kern County has established a working relationship with the U.S. Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base.

Astrobotic, a developer of advanced navigation, operation and computing systems for spacecraft, as well as lunar landers and rovers designed to deliver payloads to the moon, announced Wednesday in a news release that it has entered into a Cooperative Research & Development Agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Rocket Propulsion Division at Edwards Air Force Base.

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