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 ...
Space.com9d
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 ...
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 ...
Crain's Cleveland Business17d
NASA Glenn developed a revolutionary tire — but it's for the moon
When scientists at NASA Glenn Research Center designed a tire for large-scale vehicles that can withstand extreme temperatures, increased radiation and the lack of atmospheric pressure on the Moon, ...
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 ...
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 ...
autoevolution13d
Tiny American Rover Takes Soccer to the Moon, Will Sell Regolith to NASA for $1
It is scheduled to reach its destination, the lunar South Pole, on March 6, and then it will start doing many things for the first time. The rover is not particularly large. It measures just 18 by ...
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 ...
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 ...