Astrobotic Technology Inc. now has a new ride to the Moon.
The Pittsburgh-based firm — which is positioning itself as a lunar delivery service in the era of the commercialization of space — announced Wednesday it had reached a deal with United Launch Alliance to put Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander on an Atlas V mission in 2019.
That mission, which will be the 50th anniversary year of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, will be Astrobotic’s first and carry its Pittsburgh-developed Peregrine…