HPE is sending its most powerful AI compute platforms to the Moon aboard an all-new lunar rover
- HPE is deploying its Spaceborne Computer to the Moon
- The system will be hosted on the Astrolab Flex Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) lunar rover
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the enterprise-focused component of the old Hewlett-Packard, and operates out of Texas
HPE has emerged as a key partner in the deployment of the Astrolab FLIP lunar rover, with its Spaceborne Computer program joining other projects within NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
The fourth generation Spaceborne Computer will be deployed on the FLIP lunar rover to the lunar south pole, as part of a year-long mission, and arrive on the Moon via the Voyager Technologies Griffin-1 lander.
The mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and once on the Moon, the Spaceborne Computer 4 will be challenged with AI and high power computing (HPC) tasks, assisting with the rover’s mission and potentially...
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