A retro-futuristic space truck. A nimble crustacean on wheels. A space-age dune buggy. One will win a multibillion-dollar prize to deploy on a future NASA Artemis mission. But first, we took a ride on ...
An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon ...
Hurtling towards the moon right now, safely stored in a garage held against the side of a lunar lander, is a suitcase-sized robotic rover from Colorado. And it's on course to make history, heralding ...
Justin Cyrus, CEO of Lunar Outpost, is the proud owner of a very special Lego kit: one inspired by his company’s moon rover technology. Not everyone is lucky enough to have Legos associated with their ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Athena's mission, known as IM-2, is targeting a landing at around 12:32 p.m. EST (1732 GMT) today ...
NASA’s VIPER rover, once threatened by a canceled mission, has secured a fresh opportunity to explore the Moon. Blue Origin, ...
A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar South Pole. Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform rover was ...
One, Lunar Outpost, is drawing on automotive giant GM for its battery, chassis and autonomous control elements, and GM recently previewed how it will meet NASA’s battery demands. It's eye-opening to ...
If the Artemis program achieves NASA's goal of returning astronauts to the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17, the people making the trip will eventually be joined by a new lunar rover.
NASA’s decision to cancel the VIPER rover mission has sparked backlash across the space community. Designed to map water ice at the Moon’s south pole and pave the way for Artemis landings, the rover ...
Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million short of ...
A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar South Pole. Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (or MAPP) ...