A robot aboard the recent Athena lunar lander survived the botched landing — but tragically couldn't break free.

A mechanical arm will then lower the garage containing ... Perhaps surprisingly, the U.S. has never sent a robotic rover to the moon before; the famous LRV moon buggy used during the Apollo ...

Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover mission would have seen it become the first U.S. robotic rover on the surface of the moon. It ...

A new collaboration has Lego getting ready to "blast off" with the help of a company now heading for the moon. The ...

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 ...

There will also be a rover called the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP), built by Colorado company Lunar Outpost ... astronaut or some bulky robotic arms.” The AstroAnt’s first ...

Blue Ghost conducted the DOI on the far side of the Moon, which caused a communications blackout with Earth. The spacecraft ...

The Houston-based company that was set to deliver a historic water-hunting mission to the lunar south pole says its Athena ...

On Jan. 15, a commercial lunar lander launched from Earth carrying the United States' first robotic rover designed to explore ... wheels and a rocker arm suspension to traverse the difficult ...