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NASA Selects Astrolab to Provide Lunar Rover for Artemis Astronauts’ Return to the Moon
Venturi Astrolab (Astrolab) announced today that NASA has selected the company as one of two providers of a crewed lunar rover for the Artemis program, advancing the agency’s plans to establish sustained surface mobility at the lunar south pole. “We’re honored that NASA has selected Astrolab to help provide the surface mobility astronauts will need as the Artemis program returns…
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Castrol unveils a new documentary in collaboration with Lunar Outpost: a worldwide premiere at Space Center Houston
Castrol has unveiled Drive Me to the Moon, a fascinating ‘edutainment’ documentary created in collaboration with Colorado-based Lunar Outpost, a leader in planetary mobility and in-space infrastructure. The film provides an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the engineering and ingenuity required for next-generation mobility on the Moon. The film marks the culmination of a three-year collaboration between Castrol and Lunar Outpost on Lunar Voyage…
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NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center for Moon, Mars Missions
The center leverages AI along with JPL’s unique infrastructure, unrivaled tools, and years of operations expertise to support industry partners developing future planetary surface missions. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Wednesday inaugurated its Rover Operations Center (ROC), a center of excellence for current and future surface missions to the Moon and Mars. During the launch event, leaders…
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Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge
The next era of lunar exploration demands a new kind of wheel – one that can sprint across razor-sharp regolith, shrug off extremely cold nights, and keep a rover rolling day after lunar day. The Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge seeks that breakthrough. If you can imagine a lightweight, compliant wheel that stays tough at higher speeds while carrying…
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NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle
NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the Moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) and one for a future orbital opportunity. The LTV is part of NASA’s efforts to explore the lunar surface as part of the Artemis campaign and is the first crew-driven vehicle to operate on the Moon in more than…
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Original Price $219.99 Prime Day Price $153.99 Save 30% Build a realistic LEGO Technic lunar rover model – This LRV building kit for adults is packed with authentic details including seats, steering, suspension and scientific tools NASA model for adults – Enjoy a mindful project assembling all the details of the rover and equipment including the battery pack, heating and…
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Astrobotic’s CubeRover is Flight-Ready for Lunar Mission
Astrobotic announced today their CubeRover-1 lunar rover successfully completed its acceptance test campaign and has been deemed ready for flight to the lunar south pole aboard Astrobotic’s upcoming Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1). The test campaign put the company’s shoebox-sized CubeRover through its paces, passing a battery of industry-standard tests including thermal-vacuum (TVAC) testing to prove the rover can survive as well…
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NASA Kennedy Digs Latest Robot Test
NASA’s RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) undergoes testing to extract simulated regolith, or the loose, fragmental material on the Moon’s surface, inside of the Granular Mechanics and Regolith Operations Lab at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27. Ben Burdess, mechanical engineer at NASA Kennedy, observes RASSOR’s counterrotating drums digging up the lunar dust and…
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NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey
A trio of suitcase-size rovers and their base station have been carefully wrapped up and shipped off to join the lander that will deliver them to the Moon’s surface. Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, marking completion of…
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NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner
Editor’s note: This release was updated on Feb. 4, 2025, to reflect a change in the deadline for when responses to the proposal are due. To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on the Moon in collaboration with industry the agency announced Monday it is seeking U.S.…
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