WASHINGTON — A federal bankruptcy court approved the sale of nearly all the assets of Masten Space Systems, a company developing a lunar lander for a NASA mission, to another lander developer, Astrobotic. The federal bankruptcy court in Delaware approved Sept. 8 the results of an auction conducted two days […]
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WASHINGTON — Astrobotic Technology, a lunar lander developer, has made a formal bid for “substantially all” of the assets of Masten Space Systems, another lander company that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. In a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Delaware Aug. 14, Masten said it received […]
Updated 1:20 p.m. Eastern with Masten statement. WASHINGTON — Masten Space Systems, a company developing a lunar lander for a NASA mission, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy July 28 with plans to sell one of its major assets to a competitor. Masten filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Agile Space Industries, a Durango, Colorado company focused on in-space chemical propulsion, is additively manufacturing thrusters for robotic lunar landers being built by Astrobotic Technology, ispace and Masten Space Systems. Specifically, Agile is manufacturing attitude control thrusters for Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander. For Masten’s Xelene and Tokyo-based […]
Masten Wanjala confessed to drugging and killing more than 10 children A mob in western Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say. Masten Wanjala was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten to death, they say. Authorities […]
Mr Wanjala confessed to drugging and killing more than 10 children A man who confessed to killing more than 10 children in Kenya has escaped from police cells in Nairobi. Masten Wanjala was due to appear in court on Wednesday over the murders of at least 14 boys in the […]
WASHINGTON — Masten Space Systems is pushing back the launch of its first lunar lander mission by nearly a year, the latest in a series of delays by companies with NASA contracts to transport payloads to the moon. Masten said June 23 that its Masten Mission 1 lander, which had […]
WASHINGTON — Astrobotic has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of its Griffin lunar lander, carrying a NASA lunar rover, on a Falcon Heavy in 2023. Astrobotic announced April 13 that it selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy for its Griffin Mission 1 lunar lander mission, which will deliver the […]