AstronetX Awarded Multi-Year Science Grant to Develop Lunar Surface Telescope
WESTPORT, Conn., Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AstronetX PBC, a Connecticut-based in-space commercial data services firm, has been awarded a $1.2M research grant by The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Moore Foundation) to design a telescope concept and develop enabling technologies for acquiring space science data from the surface of the moon.
- AstronetX PBC, a Connecticut-based in-space commercial data services firm, has been awarded a $1.2M research grant by The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Moore Foundation) to design a telescope concept and develop enabling technologies for acquiring space science data from the surface of the moon.
- WESTPORT, Conn., Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AstronetX PBC, a Connecticut-based in-space commercial data services firm, has been awarded a $1.2M research grant by The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Moore Foundation) to design a telescope concept and develop enabling technologies for acquiring space science data from the surface of the moon.
- This grant enables a breakthrough-moment in our pursuit to provide space-based observational and database services from the lunar surface.
- The envisioned AstronetX commercial, lunar-based imaging network will serve scientific applications in astrophysics, solar system science, Earth science, and planetary defense.