COLORADO SPRINGS — Astrobotic's next moon mission will send not one but two rovers to Earth's nearest neighbor.
The Pittsburgh-based company plans to launch the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this year. Griffin's main job is to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover to the lunar south polar region, but we learned on Monday (April 8) that the lander will tote another, smaller rover as well.
