Arturia AstroLab is a new stage keyboard synthesizer that integrates hardware and software, turning the Analog Lab software into a standalone instrument. With 61 semi-weighted keys, it offers bi-timbral capabilities and over 10,000 sounds from V Collection and Pigments. The hardware features a modern user interface with a multi-tool display, color-coded knobs, and versatile connectivity options, including USB-C, WiFi, and an Android/iOS app. Priced at $1599/1599€, it targets live musicians seeking ready-to-use sounds and offers potential for future growth.
Arturia has unveiled AstroLab, a stage keyboard featuring over 1300 sounds from its Analog Lab software, a 61-key semi-weighted keyboard with channel aftertouch, a circular display interface with macro controls for sounds and effects, arpeggiator, chord and scale modes, a 32-bar looper, vocoder engine, and multitimbral patches. It comes with AstroLab Connect mobile app, Analog Lab Pro software, and offers customization options for sound library and macros. Priced at $1699, it offers WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, MIDI, and various audio connectivity options.
Astrolab has announced eight customers who have signed contracts worth over $160 million for its first commercial mission to the moon in 2026. The customers will fly payloads on Astrolab's FLEX lunar rover, which is scheduled to launch in mid-2026. The customers include startups working on technologies related to lunar development, such as water extraction, lunar brick production, and sustainable development experiments. The names of three customers remain undisclosed for now. Astrolab is still seeking additional customers for the mission, which has a payload capacity of 1,500 kilograms.
SpaceX has signed a commercial cargo contract with Astrolab to reserve a spot on an uncrewed Starship cargo mission to the Moon, which could launch as early as mid-2026. Astrolab is building a vehicle called the FLEX rover, which is about the size of a Jeep Wrangler and can carry up to two astronauts. The rover will become the largest to travel the lunar surface and will assist with cargo and building a permanent human presence on the Moon and beyond.
Astrolab Inc., a startup building a rover the size of a Jeep Wrangler, has signed an agreement with SpaceX for its Flexible Logistics and Exploration Rover (FLEX) to be a payload on an uncrewed Starship cargo mission to the moon's south polar region as early as mid-2026. The FLEX rover will provide last-mile mobility on the moon, with a robotic arm to help set up the payload on the surface. Astrolab hopes to win future business from NASA, which is turning to commercial companies to provide lunar terrain vehicles for astronauts.
Astrolab Inc., a startup building a rover the size of a Jeep Wrangler, has signed an agreement with SpaceX for its Flexible Logistics and Exploration Rover (FLEX) to be a payload on an uncrewed Starship cargo mission to the moon's south polar region as early as mid-2026. The FLEX rover will provide last-mile mobility on the moon, with a robotic arm to help set up the payload on the surface. Astrolab hopes to win future business from NASA, which is turning to commercial companies to provide lunar terrain vehicles for astronauts.
Astrolab has signed an agreement with SpaceX to deliver its first lunar rover, the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover, to the Moon on a future Starship mission by mid-2026. The rover will carry around 2,200 pounds of customer cargo to the Moon, and is designed to support a sustainable human presence on the Moon and Mars. Astrolab is hoping to land a contract from NASA as part of the space agency’s Artemis program to the Moon.
Astrolab has partnered with SpaceX to launch its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover on an upcoming Starship mission to the moon, scheduled for mid-2026. FLEX is the largest and most versatile rover ever to roll across the lunar surface, capable of carrying up to two astronauts and remotely controlled. Astrolab hopes to have an entire FLEX fleet roving the moon's surface as part of the Artemis program. SpaceX has also been contracted by NASA to supply a Starship as the Artemis program's crewed lunar lander.
Astrolab has signed a deal with SpaceX to send its first lunar rover, the Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX), to the moon on a Starship lunar lander mission scheduled for mid-2026. The FLEX rover will be a rideshare payload on a Starship mission landing in the south polar region of the moon. Astrolab has not disclosed specific customers for the mission, but the company expects to announce details about its customers in the coming months.
