Mass properties testing. Center of gravity and moments of inertia confirmed at @elementdefense. The kind of data that doesn’t make headlines, until it does. One more milestone closer to launch.

"...SpaceX can’t build all of it alone. The people who build the lunar Alcoa, the lunar Caterpillar, and the lunar Union Pacific will be among the titans of the twenty-first century." This is what @Astrolab_Space is all about.

So badass.

A year and a half ago our FLIP rover was just an idea for a tech demo. This past week, it deployed its solar panel for the first time. The tight timeline for FLIP has put our team to the test but also proved we can build and deliver space-ready hardware.

Say cheese!📸 Our FLIP rover is ready to snap pics on its lunar trip! The rover has two solar panel mast-mounted cameras provided by Canadensys, providing 360 views. This picture of our team was taken by one of those cameras after the first vehicle-controlled solar array deploy.

Congratulations to @NASA and the Artemis II crew on the successful lunar flyby today and for setting a new distance record for humanity! And thank you to NASA for the invitation to watch the launch up close last week with my family. We even made a cameo in the highlight reel below! It was incredible to witness history being made as we return to the Moon, this time to stay. Wishing the crew a safe return to Earth in the coming days.

Incredible leadership from @NASAAdmin : it's time to build a Moon base and @Astrolab_Space is ready to help!

Thanks to @NASA for the invite to their Ignition event at NASA Headquarters today sharing how they are accelerating America’s return to the surface of the Moon. We’re proud that our FLEX rover is positioned to support the next era of lunar exploration, from the establishment of a Moon base to constructing infrastructure to power the lunar economy.

Our FLEX rover is designed to fly on and work alongside a variety of lunar landers, such as Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1. FLEX is the last mile lunar delivery solution, ready to work on cargo operations, handling payloads brought by landers to the lunar surface.

the spice must flow...

Today is the anniversary of Day-1 of @Astrolab_Space : January 6, 2020 @rdbilling and I set out to build a rover that will enable humanity’s multi-planet future from a cozy 10’ x 10’ shared office space. 6 years later: more than 100 people are a part of Astrolab, we’re an official contractor for @NASAArtemis program, and we're flying our first rover to the Moon this year. Can’t wait to see what we accomplish in the next 6 years!

Thanks to @CBSMornings for the feature on FLEX this morning and coming out for a rover test drive!

It was an honor to congratulate @rookisaacman in person yesterday, shortly after he was sworn in as @NASAAdmin. The team at @Astrolab_Space and I are looking forward to working with him in shaping the future of the lunar economy.

Great article about my time working on the docking system at SpaceX.

From sandbox to lunar surface🌔Here’s how our FLIP rover’s successful egress tests on Earth translate to what it will do on the Moon. This test featured tilted ramps for teams to test different landing orientations to ensure we can successfully egress under many conditions.

Egress test successful! Last week our FLIP test vehicle passed a major test: dismounting from our test fixture which replicates the dismount the rover will make from the Griffin lander onto the lunar surface. This egress involves a controlled descent down a steep ramp, and a transfer to the Moon. The tether system wrapped around the rover’s rear wheels worked as intended to enable a clean dismount for the test vehicle. Our FLIP rover serves as a technology demonstration mission, testing out the hardware and software that will power our FLEX rover on the Moon during future missions.

New and improved, meet the latest iteration of FLEX! Our FLEX rover has been through years of testing as we refined everything from its sensors to the crew stand. We’re excited to see the rover continue to evolve into the final version that will head to the Moon.

A rover doesn’t come together overnight. Astrolab teams worked for months designing and assembling our FLIP test vehicle. This time-lapse shows the two days of work that led up to the test vehicle’s first drive in the Astrolab cleanroom. But there are many more drives to come!

FLEX has landed on the Sphere! We were thrilled to be mentioned by HPE CEO Antonio Neri during his keynote address this week at the #HPEDiscover event in Las Vegas. We are excited to be partnering with @HPE to bring their computing technology to the lunar surface.

We spy FLEX and @endeffector at #HPEDiscover this week!