Business
Honda and Astrobotic Establish Joint Development Agreement to Explore Scalable Lunar Power Solutions
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. today announced a joint development agreement aimed at developing a scalable and integrated power solution for sustained lunar surface missions. The joint feasibility study will explore how the Honda regenerative fuel cell (RFC) system can be integrated with Astrobotic's Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) and LunaGrid service to provide continuous power, even during prolonged periods of darkness on the Moon.
About this update from Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
[{"type":"list","items":[{"val":[{"type":"text","content":"Honda regenerative fuel cell (RFC) system provides advanced energy storage capable of supporting human life on the lunar surface ","length":128,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":" Astrobotic Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT), a component of the Astrobotic LunaGrid power system, advances lunar power infrastructure ","length":139,"tagName":"p"}]},{"val":[{"type":"text","content":" Honda and Astrobotic will conduct a feasibility study for the integration of the RFC into LunaGrid ","length":103,"tagName":"p"}]}],"tagName":"ul","bulletedList":true,"length":370,"olType":false},{"type":"text","content":"TORRANCE, Calif. and PITTSBURGH, Sept. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. today announced a joint development agreement aimed at developing a scalable and integrated power solution for sustained lunar surface missions. The joint feasibility study will explore how the Honda regenerative fuel cell (RFC) system can be integrated with Astrobotic's Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) and LunaGrid service to provide continuous power, even during prolonged periods of darkness on the Moon.","length":546,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"image","alt":"American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. have established a joint development agreement to explore scalable lunar power solutions.","displaySize":"","headline":null,"caption":"American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. have established a joint development agreement to explore scalable lunar power solutions.","className":"","disableSlideshowImg":false,"size":{"original":{"width":400,"height":225,"url":"https://media.zenfs.com/en/prnewswire.com/2bd096efd844ded2d50f2fd23cf1e1e4"},"resized":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/i4sI6vZtkJgodRj9w83jtg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM5NztjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/prnewswire.com/2bd096efd844ded2d50f2fd23cf1e1e4","width":400,"height":225}},"href":"https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2783968/Honda_Astrobotic.html","hrefExternal":true,"rel":"nofollow"},{"type":"text","content":"The collaboration is another step toward advancing power solutions that would support human life on the Moon.","length":109,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}},{"type":"text","content":"The Honda RFC system, known as a circulati...