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A problem during a moon landing meant that Lunar Outpost’s rover couldn’t deploy. But they’re moving on toward bigger and better. Justin Cyrus, CEO of Lunar Outpost, is the proud owner of a very ...

Hurtling towards the moon right now, safely stored in a garage held against the side of a lunar lander, is a suitcase-sized robotic rover from Colorado. And it's on course to make history, heralding ...

Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million short of ...

In 2026, private companies like Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace and Astrobotic plan lunar landings. These missions will ...

Word is that by the end of this year, the American space agency will announce the winner of the competition that will see the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) being developed. That would be the wheeled ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed the field of competitors vying to build the nation’s next moon rover. Ahead of an expected mid-November decision, the three teams ...

It's back to the drawing board after the space agency called off its plan to launch VIPER with the help of a commercial partner. Reading time 2 minutes NASA’s VIPER is designed to search for water ice ...

Debuted at CES 2026, the SCARABS two-wheel lunar rover has a signed ispace mission and flight-tested onboard computer.

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 ...