Earlier today, Astrobotic posted an update on LinkedIn about how it recently completed a structural model test for its Peregrine lunar lander...which is currently scheduled to head to the Moon next July on the maiden voyage of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket. The test—which analyzed how the spacecraft would fare during flight on ULA's newest launch vehicle—was conducted on a full-scale engineering model (known as the Structural Test Model, or STM) of Peregrine at the Dayton T. Brown, Inc. commercial test facility in Bohemia, New York. Next up for Peregrine: landing stability testing and future mission configuration studies with the STM.
In regards to the actual Peregrine spacecraft itself, flight hardware for the Mission One lander will begin construction this fall. In other words, assembly can commence as soon as the end of this month, or early October. Can't wait!
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