The massive facility will serve as mission control for its lunar payload delivery services and upcoming NASA contracts, and I for one think they’re missing a huge opportunity by not calling it a moon base.

Astrobotic’s new moon base will see the development of its Peregrine and Griffin remotely operated lunar landers, both commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to deliver payloads to the lunar surface.

Its mission, currently scheduled for July 2021, is set to make Peregrine the first American lander on the Moon since the Apollo missions.

During their time puttering about on the lunar surface, Peregrine and Griffin will be operated out of Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh HQ.