The Journal of Space Commerce

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JPL Awards Commercial Service Studies to Astrobotic

Goal is to Enable Future Missions to Mars

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Tom Patton
May 17, 2024
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The NASA Mars Exploration Program has selected Astrobotic for two concept studies of commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to Mars. The company will examine how potential commercial services, both payload delivery and surface imaging, could enable future science missions to the Red Planet.

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