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Honeybee Robotics Planetary robotics, mechanisms, sampling, and mobility systems developer.
Company website Blue Origin subsidiary developing robotic systems, drills, actuators, mechanisms, and lunar and planetary surface hardware.
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Suppliers, customers & partners Suppliers & service providers to Honeybee Robotics Masten Space Systems — customer / mission user Tell me more Masten flew and supported testing of Honeybee Robotics’ PlanetVac sampling system on its VTVL flights and provided flight test services to mature Honeybee payloads for future lunar/interplanetary use.
Relationship research record NASA — grant / program funder (enabler) Tell me more NASA SBIR/STTR awards and other NASA grant programs funded Honeybee Robotics development work (e.g., drilling systems and sampling hardware), providing government R&D funding that enabled Honeybee's capability maturation for planetary mechanisms.
Relationship research record Barber-Nichols Inc. — supplier Tell me more Barber-Nichols supplies the blower (vacuum system) integrated into Honeybee Robotics' DrACO sampling system for the NASA Dragonfly mission to Titan.
Relationship research record Honeybee Robotics customers & supported companies NASA — customer / program contractor Tell me more Honeybee Robotics has provided drilling systems, robotic interfaces, sample handling mechanisms, and one-meter class planetary drills to NASA under SBIR and other contracts, supplying hardware and system development support to multiple NASA exploration missions over many years.
Relationship research record Firefly Aerospace — customer Tell me more Honeybee Robotics was contracted by Firefly Aerospace in March 2025 to develop and provide a lunar rover for the Gruithuisen Domes exploration mission (deployed via Blue Ghost lander, targeting 2028 launch with NASA instruments).
Relationship research record Intuitive Machines — customer · supplier 2 connections Tell me more Honeybee Robotics supplies lunar rovers and mechanisms (including next-generation rover hosting NIRVSS instrument) for Intuitive Machines' lunar lander missions such as IM-5/Athena and related NASA payloads.
Relationship research record Honeybee Robotics supplies lunar rover and robotic technologies/payloads for Intuitive Machines' IM-5 Nova-D lander mission to the lunar South Pole (contract awarded 2026).
Relationship research record JAXA — customer Tell me more Honeybee Robotics shipped the Phobos Mining System to JAXA in February 2023 and partners on the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to Phobos/Deimos.
Relationship research record Honeybee Robotics program partners Bigelow Aerospace — program partner Tell me more Honeybee Robotics partnered with Bigelow Aerospace to develop a preliminary design for a solar array deployment mechanism used on the solar arrays of Bigelow's Genesis inflatable space habitat.
Relationship research record mPower Technology — strategic partner Tell me more mPower Technology partners with Honeybee Robotics on the Lunar Array Mast and Power System (LAMPS) deployable solar array, using mPower DragonSCALES modules with Honeybee DIABLO mast and connectors (NASA contract awarded 2022 for prototypes and testing).
Relationship research record Internalized capabilities Blue Origin — acquired capability 3 connections Tell me more Blue Origin acquired Honeybee Robotics and now retains Honeybee as a separate business unit; this acquisition provides Honeybee with corporate ownership, access to Blue Origin corporate infrastructure and potential integration with Blue Origin programs and suppliers.
Relationship research record Blue Origin acquired Honeybee Robotics in January 2022 (deal closed mid-February 2022), making it a wholly owned subsidiary focused on planetary robotics and mechanisms.
Relationship research record Blue Origin acquired Honeybee Robotics in early 2022 (deal announced January 2022, closed mid-February 2022) as a wholly owned subsidiary to integrate its robotic systems, mechanisms, and planetary exploration capabilities into Blue Origin's space systems and lunar programs.
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