Colorado Public Radio4d
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 ...
Colorado Public Radio12d
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 ...
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 ...
Another moon landing on tap today, this time at the south pole
A private company will attempt to complete a quick one-two punch at the moon’s face today as Intuitive Machines looks to follow up Firefly Aerospace’s recent lunar landing success, but this time on ...
The Spokesman-Review8d
Second moon lander in a week touches down, but unclear if still upright
The Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover is from Lunar Outpost ... also attempt to collect some regolith as a proof-of-concept, and technically sell that regolith to NASA, although ...
Space.com4d
Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out
"Our Lunar Voyage 1 MAPP rover successfully made it to the moon, collected data from the lunar surface and in transit, and proved MAPP was ready to drive," U.S. space exploration company Lunar ...
JAOPS Will Operate the First Japanese Privately Funded Rover to the Moon, Intuitive Machines Prepares for Historic Launch
TOKYO, JP / ACCESS Newswire / February 25, 2025 / Dymon announced that the YAOKI rover is loaded aboard the Intuitive Machines Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena and is ready to be operated by JAOPS ...
CBS News16d
Commercial lunar lander Athena heading to the moon with a drill, rover and rocket-powered "hopper" to search for ice
The hopper, named Grace after software pioneer Grace Hopper, and the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform rover built by a company called Lunar Outpost, will communicate with the Athena lander ...
The New York Times9d
Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
“There are other options we can use, too.” Also aboard is a rover the size of a small dog that will test a Nokia cellphone network on the moon, and two smaller rovers, one built by the ...
The New York Times8d
Texas Company’s Lander Dies on Moon the Day After Toppled Landing
Nokia then hired a company, Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colo., to build a rover that would move a cellphone antenna varying distances from the Athena lander as part of the tests of the technology ...
The Durango Herald8d
What’s next for Lunar Outpost’s rover mission after moon lander got stuck on its side?
A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar South Pole. Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform rover ...