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Venturi Astrolab

Hawthorne, California lunar rover company. Its FLIP rover is to carry Interlune's helium-3 camera on Astrobotic's Griffin-1 lander, and it is working with Interlune to fit excavation hardware to its FLEX rover.

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Facts

Headquarters
United States
Type
Company
Status
Activeas of 2026-09-26. Interlune's March 2026 release announcing joint excavation work.
Roles
Rover / mobility
Targets
Moon
Also known as
Astrolab
Website
astrolab.space

Missions

1 records
MissionRoleLaunch or landingPhaseOutcome
METAL multispectral camera (Interlune / NASA Ames) on Griffin-1InstrumentCarrierPlanned 2026 H2 (target)ManifestedNot applicable

Dated events

Amounts are shown one at a time as each source states them. They are never added together.

  1. 2026-03-03

    Interlune-Astrolab excavation integration study

    Interlune and Astrolab announced a completed concept study to integrate Interlune excavation hardware on Astrolab's FLEX rover, with hardware testing planned in Houston.

    Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.

    Sources (1)
    1. InterluneCompany statementPublished 2026-03-03Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: summary
      today announced they are working together to integrate Interlune excavation technology onto the Astrolab Flexible Logistics and Exploration Vehicle (FLEX), and are planning hardware testing in Houston
      Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  2. 2025-08-05

    Interlune payload agreement with Astrolab (FLIP rover)

    Interlune and Astrolab announced that an Interlune multispectral camera for estimating helium-3 will fly on Astrolab's FLIP rover on an upcoming lunar mission, which Interlune described as its first lunar mission.

    Company statements only. No independent or government source is recorded here.

    Sources (1)
    1. InterluneCompany statementPublished 2025-08-05Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: summary
      today announced that an Interlune payload will fly on Astrolab's FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover on its upcoming mission to the Moon
      Quote matched the source text when accessed.

Open evidence gaps

  • No Astrolab-published primary source reviewed yet.

Sources

2 excerpts from 2 publications

One web address counts as one publication.

  1. InterluneCompany statementPublished 2026-03-03Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: summary, role
    today announced they are working together to integrate Interlune excavation technology onto the Astrolab Flexible Logistics and Exploration Vehicle (FLEX), and are planning hardware testing in Houston
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.
  2. InterluneCompany statementPublished 2025-08-05Accessed 2026-09-25Supports: role
    The Interlune payload is a multispectral camera built, tested, and developed in partnership with NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, whose images will be used to estimate helium-3 quantities and concentration in Moon dirt, or regolith.
    Quote matched the source text when accessed.

Cite this record

SpaceMiningData, “Venturi Astrolab”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/organizations/astrolab.html. Record checked 2026-09-26.