page_title: PTScientists
section_title: Planned demo mission to the Moon
hierarchical_section_title: PTScientists / Planned demo mission to the Moon
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Landemodul ALINA und Mondrover der Part-Time Scientists für den Lunar X Prize.
context_page_description: Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH, formerly known as PTScientists and Part-Time Scientists, is a in Berlin-based aerospace company. They developed the robotic lunar lander "ALINA" and seek to land on the Moon with it. They became the first German team to officially enter the Google Lunar X-Prize competition on June 24, 2009, but failed to reach the finals in 2017 for lack of a launch contract. As of the summer of 2019, their goal is still to land a mission on the Moon. The launch is not expected to happen before 2021, and the company is seeking bankruptcy protection.
context_section_description: In March 2017, the group announced that they planned to perform the world's first private Moon landing with a mission they now simply call "Mission to the Moon". A landing module called Autonomous Landing and Navigation Module (ALINA) would launch in 2021 on an Ariane 64 rocket to the surface of the Moon.
  The ALINA lander would deploy two lunar rovers, but none of the three spacecraft are designed to endure the long lunar night. The three spacecraft are technology demonstrators to showcase the lander's capabilities, including landing near the desired landing zone, roving, and real-time communication.
  By late 2016, PTScientists had secured agreements to deliver payloads from the U.S., Canada and Sweden, but only one payload (from NASA Ames) has been disclosed.
caption: ALINA lander and ALQ rover
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