Private Griffin moon lander gets put to the test photo of the day for Oct. 23, 2026
The Griffin-1 robotic lunar lander has successfully completed environmental testing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft is scheduled to launch later this year to deliver cargo and experimental technology to the moon's south pole.
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The robotic Griffin lunar lander has passed a host of critical tests ahead of its first-ever moon mission, which is scheduled to launch later this year.
At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, Voyager Technologies' Griffin Mission One (or Griffin-1 ) lunar lander has gone through an absolute gauntlet of tests. The spacecraft was put through environmental testing that explored how the vehicle will fare in the extreme conditions it will experience on its ride to the surface of the moon .
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