T+166: Laura Klicker and Daniel Gillies, Astrobotic

Two members of the Astrobotic team join me for a conversation: Laura Klicker, Payload Systems Management Lead, and Daniel Gillies, Mission Director for the Griffin/VIPER mission. We talk about Astrobotic’s first Peregrine mission coming up next year, the very exciting VIPER mission to the south pole of the Moon in 2023, payload management across multiple flights, the technical aspects of their various vehicles, and a whole lot more.

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Topics

• Astrobotic
• Careers | Astrobotic
• Peregrine Lander | Astrobotic
• Griffin Lander | Astrobotic
• Astrobotic Awarded $79.5 Million Contract to Deliver 14 NASA Payloads to the Moon | Astrobotic
• Astrobotic Awarded $5.6 Million NASA Contract to Deliver Autonomous Moon Rover | Astrobotic
• Astrobotic Awarded $199.5 Million Contract to Deliver NASA Moon Rover | Astrobotic
• Astrobotic to Develop New Commercial Payload Service for NASA’s Human Landing System | Astrobotic

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