Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency's Jet ...

Along with Blue Ghost, NASA launched the Tenacious lunar rover from Japanese company ispace. It's one of the smallest ...

After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...

Returning to the Moon requires solving the problem of reliable power for lunar missions. Solar energy is abundant in some locations on the Moon, but it’s not always reliable due to the long lunar ...

A few months from now, the Japanese-made Resilience lander is set to touch down in the northern regions of the Moon’s near side. The Moonhouse is already secured to the micro rover Tenacious ...

Private Moon company Astrobotic’s mission has new life after finding a match made in heaven with its new customer, Astrolab, following NASA’s decision to pull the plug on the agency’s VIPER Moon rover ...

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover ...

Meanwhile, Tokyo-based Ispace sent Resilience, an improved version of the Hakuto-R spacecraft that crash-landed on the moon in 2023. A mini rover is on board, as well as a tiny red artwork called ...

The Athena lunar lander being worked on inside the Intuitive ... In the future, this mini rover is intended to be used to inspect and maintain spacecraft. Also, a rocket drone the company is ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on ...

This power output is specifically designed to meet the needs of a lunar rover or a cargo carrier operating on the Moon. The system has been designed with specific safety features to ensure it can ...