Moving Humanity Forward
From the company’s inception, everyone at Astrolab has been solely committed to designing and creating FLEX Rover, the LTVS that will build the Lunar economy.
To do this, Astrolab is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We’re singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system.
Build. Break. Repeat.
Experimentation, iteration, and the facilities to put it all to the test.
This is the culture that makes other worlds possible.
Wheels in the dirt
Terrestrial field testing is an essential part of our process. We’re your partner in payload development. Have a payload idea? Join us on our next field test.
Out of this world facilities
Hawthorne, California—the epicenter of American aerospace.
The Lab is where we put our hardware to the test to ensure all of our systems will endure the harsh environment of space.
Team Spotlight
Jaret Matthews
Founder & CEO
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Rius Billing
Chief Engineer
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John Muratore
LTVS Program Manager
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Ana Martinez
Deputy LTVS Program Manager
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Brian Wilcox
Robotic Vehicle Expert, JPL Fellow (Ret’d)
Chris Hadfield
NASA Astronaut (Ret’d)
Dr. Antonio Delfino
Clean Energy and Material Science Expert
Our crew is all about collaboration
Jaret Matthews
Founder & CEO
Jaret is the founder and CEO of Astrolab and has spent his 20-year career creating revolutionary space systems. He spent seven years at SpaceX as manager of the Dragon Spacecraft Mechanisms development team where he conceived of and led the development of the novel docking system that the Crew Dragon spacecraft uses to dock to the International Space Station.
Prior to SpaceX, Jaret spent a decade in the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (JPL) Robotic Vehicles Group designing and operating innovative robotic mobility and manipulation systems for the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Jaret was part of the Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) and Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) mobility systems and operations teams, and was awarded the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for his work leading the development of the ATHLETE Lunar rover.
Rius Billing
Chief Engineer
Rius is the Chief Engineer at Astrolab with more than 30 years of space flight project experience and unparalleled experience in Mars robotic and mobility systems. He has been technical lead and/or Chief Engineer on numerous programs to Mars including all of the robotic arms that have operated on the planet’s surface.
Across his high-profile NASA and private sector career, Rius has participated in over 20 spaceflight projects including missions to all planets, the Sun’s orbit, asteroids, and comets.
John Muratore
LTVS Program Manager
John is the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Service (LTVS) Program Manager at Astrolab. With more than 45 years of spaceflight experience, John is a systems engineer and former Space Shuttle flight director who specializes in bringing concepts to flight. He was a leader in the development and flight operations of Mission Control Center Houston, the X-38 lifting body, NASA’s Space Shuttle and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Starship.
John specializes in taking systems from concept through initial testing and operation. He combines traditional systems engineering with experience from NASA and SpaceX with rapid spiral development techniques for faster development.
Ana Martinez
Deputy LTVS Program Manager
Ana has over fifteen years of experience in business development and project management and is Deputy Program Manager for FLEX Rover. Ana specializes in leading groundbreaking, large-scale efforts at the intersection of the US government and private industry. Previously Ana’s work included proposal and programmatic support for Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR), National Security Space Launch Phase 2, Human Landing System, Commercial Crew Program, and Commercial Resupply Services.