Astrobotic Technology Inc.

Astrobotic enables affordable space missions for science, industry, and government by integrating multiple payloads onto modular spacecraft.

  • Stage $1M in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Other
  • Location Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded March 2008
  • Employees 14
  • Website astrobotic.com

Company Summary

Astrobotic provides Space Missions as a Service. We integrate multiple customer payloads with shared infrastructure to offer high capability at a low price. We have 15 prior and ongoing NASA contracts, strong commercial partnerships, and two dozen agreements or negotiations for upcoming missions with customers in the commercial, research, and government sectors.

*See our Pitch Video under the Documents section.*

Team

  • John Thornton
    CEO & Founder

    Led Astrobotic to $1.2m/yr revenue, Founder CMU Composites Lab, Led development of a NASA lunar drilling rover

  • Red Whittaker
    Chairmen, CSO, Founder

    World Renowned Robotics Expert, Won DARPA Urban Challenge, CMU Fredkin Professor, National Academy

  • Dean Thompson
    Board Member

    Serial entrepreneur and accomplished technologist; co-founded & sold mSpoke to LinkedIn

  • Bill Readdy
    Board Member

    Former NASA astronaut, NASA Assoc. Admin., oversaw Shuttle and International Space Station Operations ($6B budget authority)

  • Kevin Peterson
    CTO

    Principal of DARPA Grand & Urban Challenges, Fielded a dozen robots, Robotics MS

  • Steve Huber
    COO

    extensive experience designing robotic systems for planetary, lunar, and space environments

  • John Thornton

Advisors

  • Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Carnegie Mellon University
    Unconfirmed
    International Rectifier
    Unconfirmed
    Innovation Works
    Unconfirmed

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