Building America’s Path to the Moon

Acquisition provides fully integrated commercial lunar infrastructure platform

Artemis II put humans near the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. But unlike the Apollo missions of the past, NASA is engaging commercial companies to support the growing lunar economy.

Through initiatives like NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) and the White House’s Securing American Space Superiority executive order, the demand signal to the industry is clear: develop the foundational infrastructure required for sustained operations on the lunar surface.

Voyager’s strategic lunar initiative is aligned to deliver for NASA and the Department of War. With the announcement of the intent to acquire Astrobotic Technologies, Voyager will accelerate the infrastructure required to meet NASA’s 2028 lunar goal.

“The Moon is the next operational domain, and we are enabling enduring infrastructure that ensures the United States can stay, operate and lead on the lunar surface,” said Dylan Taylor, Chairman and CEO, Voyager. “Adding Astrobotic’s technical depth and hardware to Voyager’s strategic portfolio positions the company as an integrated lunar platform.”

The Foundation

Advancement didn’t stop in the decades between Moon missions. Sustained presence anywhere in space, whether low-Earth orbit, cislunar or lunar, starts with infrastructure that works. That’s what Voyager has been building in low-Earth orbit with a heritage that covers more than 1,400 missions.

Voyager has been delivering the foundational systems that make a sustained human and operational presence in space possible. This includes Bishop Airlock, the first commercial airlock on the International Space Station, and Starlab, the future next-generation commercial space station. Such spaceflight capability is the operational springboard for what will now be built on the lunar surface.

Voyager’s partnership with Max Space highlighted the company’s lunar strategy. The habitats are architected to launch compactly, expanding up to 20 times their stowed volume at the destination. The design reduces the cost and complexity of lunar surface deployment, which is the kind of enabling infrastructure future Moon bases will require.

Voyager has also worked toward solving other lunar surface challenges, like in-situ resource utilization, turning regolith into oxygen and iron, and protecting equipment against lunar dust. Fine, abrasive lunar dust can damage equipment, space suits and power systems. Lunacoat, the company’s proprietary clear dust-repellant coating, is designed to reduce lunar dust buildup on surfaces that would otherwise be left vulnerable to degradation.

The Natural Next Step

Griffin Mission One, developed under NASA’s CLPS program, is the recently announced Moon Base II, targeting the Nobile Crater at the lunar South Pole. The mission will be the largest commercial payload ever delivered to the Moon, with more than 1,100 pounds of cargo.

Astrobotic’s LunaGrid is another critical part of the equation. Lunar surface operations fail without reliable, survivable power that can outlast the thermal cycles and radiation environment of the lunar surface. LunaGrid is a power system designed to survive these conditions and provide power to landers, rovers, habitats, space suits and other lunar surface systems. Paired with the full breadth of Voyager’s lunar capabilities, LunaGrid may be leveraged to power NASA’s Artemis program, science missions, CLPS missions and commercial businesses.

“The work Astrobotic has been doing complements our existing portfolio, allowing us to provide fully integrated mission packages — from launch and landing to habitation — that no other company can offer,” said Matt Magaña, president of Space, Defense and National Security, Voyager. “From ground to space, we build where it matters most with domestic capability, technical depth and industrial resilience.”

The Artemis II mission was built upon decades of advancement and exploration. Making the Moon a permanent operational domain will demand more of the same. The lunar ecosystem needs companies who execute with grit, integrity and a clear perspective, because American leadership in space is secured when vision is matched by execution.

Voyager has been turning that vision into durable capability, with infrastructure that supports human life, moves power and data, and enables autonomous operations.