Perhaps surprisingly, the U.S. has never sent a robotic rover to the moon before; the famous LRV moon buggy used during the Apollo program was controlled by astronauts sitting within the vehicle. The ...

On Jan. 15, a commercial lunar lander launched from Earth carrying the United States' first robotic rover designed to explore ...

The Lunar Rover wasn't used until the Apollo 15 mission ... Apollo 11, the NASA mission to send people to the moon, ran from July 16 to July 24, 1969. Not much can match this historic event ...

On March 16, it will record a lunar sunset, offering insights into how dust levitates above the surface under solar influence — creating the mysterious lunar horizon glow first documented by Apollo ...

rover. The company notably made history last year when its first Nova-C lander touched down on the moon, as it was the first U.S. landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. Nokia Bell Labs Both vehicles ...