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Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out
"Our data paints a clear picture that MAPP survived the landing attempt and would have driven on the lunar surface and ...
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What’s next for Lunar Outpost’s rover mission after moon lander got stuck on its side
Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover mission would have seen it become the first U.S. robotic rover on the surface of the moon. It ...
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Rover built in Colorado could be the first US robot to explore the moon, expected to land Thursday
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 ...
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1st American robotic lunar rover set to land on the moon today
A tiny commercial rover is set to land near the south pole of the moon today (March 6). Colorado-based space firm Lunar Outpost's Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, or MAPP, launched aboard ...
NASA’s AI Rovers Are Heading to the Moon to Explore Without Human Control
NASA’s trio of autonomous rovers is heading to the Moon as part of the CADRE mission, a groundbreaking experiment in robotic teamwork. These suitcase-sized explorers will operate independently, using ...
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Athena spacecraft is 2nd lander to reach moon in a week, but location, condition unclear
That includes Intuitive Machine's propulsive drone known as the Micro Nova Hopper, which can hop across the lunar surface, and the first-ever commercial rover to land on the moon, the MAPP rover ...
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Japan's ispace set to attempt lunar landing in June
March 4 (UPI) --Japanese lunar exploration company ispace announced ... moon by 2019 Ispace specializes in the creation of lunar rovers and landers, with the purpose of eventually creating ...