Maxar Selected by NASA to Deliver Robotic Arm for Lunar Lander, Extends Leadership in Space Robotics
February 04 2020 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a trusted partner and
innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, has
finalized a contract with NASA to deliver a robotic arm called
Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar
Regolith (SAMPLR). The arm, which will be built in Pasadena,
California, and has a contract value of $5 million, will be used to
explore Earth’s Moon by acquiring samples and determining the
geotechnical properties of lunar regolith. Maxar will provide a
complete robotic system including all avionics, mechanical systems
and operational support while on the lunar surface.
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Maxar has been selected by NASA to
deliver SAMPLR, a robotic arm that will be used to explore the
Moon. (Image: Maxar Technologies)
SAMPLR is one of 12 externally developed payloads that NASA
selected as part of its Artemis lunar program to send the first
woman and the next man to the Moon by 2024 in preparation for a
human mission to Mars. As the first robotic arm used on the Moon
since the Surveyor missions more than 50 years ago, SAMPLR will
travel to its destination aboard a yet-to-be-selected commercial
lunar lander through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services
project. The arm represents Maxar’s latest generation of robotic
systems and leverages the company’s proven components from NASA’s
Mars Exploration Rover mission, which included the long-lived
rovers Spirit and Opportunity.
“Maxar traces its proud history in space exploration back to the
first moon landing, where we built the Mission Control Center for
the Apollo missions. Since then, we have provided robotics for all
six of NASA’s Mars rovers and landers, including the
soon-to-be-launched Mars 2020 rover,” said Megan Fitzgerald,
Maxar’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, Space
Infrastructure. “Together with NASA, Maxar is also developing the
revolutionary capability to robotically assemble and service
spacecraft and other space infrastructure in orbit. Maxar’s recent
work with NASA on SAMPLR and several other Space Infrastructure
missions demonstrate positive momentum for our expanding civil and
government space portfolio.”
In addition to its work on SAMPLR, Maxar is currently building
nimble robotic systems for short duration, low-cost missions and
long duration, high priority missions in its Pasadena, California
office, including:
- NASA’s Restore-L, a satellite servicing vehicle that will
refuel a spacecraft in Low Earth orbit;
- NASA’s SPIDER, a trailblazing robotic in-space assembly system;
and
- DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS),
a satellite servicing vehicle that will service spacecraft in
geosynchronous orbit.
For more information on Maxar’s robotics capabilities, email us
at robotics@maxar.com.
About Maxar
Maxar is a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence
and Space Infrastructure. We deliver disruptive value to government
and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and
navigate our changing planet; deliver global broadband
communications; and explore and advance the use of space. Our
unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and
a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and
deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost
effectiveness. Maxar’s 5,800 team members in 30 global locations
are inspired to harness the potential of space to help our
customers create a better world. Maxar trades on the New York Stock
Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as MAXR. For more information,
visit www.maxar.com.
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