HOUSTON - NASA announced it has awarded three private space companies a contract to compete in the design of a new lunar terrain ... the vehicle will be an open-air concept that renderings show ...

Artist’s concept of the solar ... by an aeroshell entry vehicle constructed using carbon fiber/cyanate ester prepreg for the heat shield’s structural support. In November 2024, Intuitive Machines ...

MIT researchers have deployed advanced sensor technologies to the Moon’s south pole as part of NASA’s Artemis mission preparations. These payloads, including a 3D depth-mapping camera and a ...

Columbia’s gold metallic foil—introduced in 2021—helped insulate Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander when it ... but this type of terrain isn’t foreign. Oregon may not be constantly altered ...

To see what it felt like to drive over rocky terrain ... Docter shared some early concept sketches with the audience. He teased that they are creating “new race car personalities for this attraction.

This artist’s concept ... Lunar Trailblazer Once in orbit, the 200 kg (~440 lbs) spacecraft — about the size of a washing machine — will scan the Moon’s surface 12 times a day at a resolution of 50 ...

All three payloads will be carried by a larger, suitcase-sized rover built by the space contractor Lunar Outpost. As the main rover drives around the moon's surface, exploring the polar terrain ... to ...

Lunar Outpost's "Eagle" lunar terrain vehicle as seen on display at Space Center Houston in December 2024. | Credit: Lunar Oupost To that end, Lunar Outpost is also one of three companies that ...

The diminutive vehicle is designed to hop into ... manufactured by a Colorado company named Lunar Outpost, is set to explore the lunar terrain. Operating without GPS, the MAPP rover (Mobile ...

A new collaboration has Lego getting ready to "blast off" with the help of a company now heading for the moon. The Denmark-based toymaker revealed on Friday (Feb. 28) that it is working with Lunar ...

most recently because NASA selected it to compete for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) program that will power upcoming Artemis missions on the Moon. The MAPP vehicle departed our planet last week ...