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Pioneering a new deformable wheel design, the Mona Luna rover is designed to withstand harsh lunar temperature swings.
Three finalists will design a lunar rover for Artemis. The Lunar Terrain Vehicle must be seen in action on the moon before NASA names its winner. By Andrew Paul. Published Apr 4, ...
An artist's impression of the Lunar Outpost "Lunar Dawn" rover concept. Lunar Outpost The milestone-based Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract has a maximum value of $4.6 billion.
Oct. 8 (UPI) --Private industry in the United States will have an opportunity to provide NASA with designs for a lander and vehicle that will help supply future Artemis missions to the moon. NASA ...
The three companies selected to submit lunar rover design proposals are Intuitive Machines, a Texas-based small space company; Lunar Outpost, a startup from Colorado; and Venturi Astrolab of ...
A NASA astronaut drives a lunar rover on the moon during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. (Image credit: NASA) But the Artemis car will be different in some key ways.
NASA is asking automakers to help design the next lunar rover. It needs to be electric, very capable off-road, and human-rated. Here's how we'd configure it.
The Lunar Dawn rover, being developed by a team led by Lunar Outpost, is one of three designed selected for NASA's LTV Services contract. Credit: Lockheed Martin CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — NASA has ...
Bridgestone’s latest lunar rover tire designs build upon their 2024 second-generation model, which utilizes a flexible inner structure. However, the key difference lies in the tread: ...
Venturi Astrolab, which debuted its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover in 2022, has shown off “deformable” lunar wheels, which the company has said will be made up of some 200 ...
Japanese Lunar Rover Design Gets Official Optimus Prime Transformer. August 11, ... The Lunar Cruiser seeks to achieve a high level of mobility and allow astronauts to explore safely and comfortably.
Bridgestone's latest lunar rover tire designs build upon their 2024 second-generation model, which utilizes a flexible inner structure. However, the key difference lies in the tread: ...