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NASA Plans Giant Moon Base at Lunar South Pole for Artemis Era
NASA plans to build a vast lunar base near the Moon’s south pole during the 2030s. Water ice, near-constant sunlight, drones, and advanced rovers could support long-term human settlement under the Artemis program.
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NASA Awards Firefly $177M for 2029 Mission to Deliver Rovers to Moon’s South Pole
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract for a groundbreaking 2029 mission to the moon’s south pole. The CLPS mission will deploy multiple rovers and scientific instruments to explore permanently shadowed regions, analyze lunar regolith, and search for water ice—key steps toward supporting Artemis program goals and enabling ...
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NASA’s IM-2 Mission Brings Ice Mining, Mobile Robots, and More on Moon
NASA is launching IM-2, the second lunar mission under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, to explore the Moon’s South Pole. The Nova-C lander, built by Intuitive Machines, will carry groundbreaking technologies, including an ice-mining drill, a mobile hopping drone, and a lunar 4G network. These innovations will help scienti...
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China Names Its Moon Spacesuit and Rover Ahead of Lunar Mission
China has named its lunar spacesuit "Wangyu" and rover "Tansuo," crucial for its human moon landing plans by 2030. The prototype development phase is in progress, with extensive testing conducted. Additional mission components, including the "Mengzhou" spacecraft and "Lanyue" lunar lander, have also been named. The construction of essential infrast...
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Chandrayaan-3 Has Covered About Two-Thirds of Distance to the Moon: ISRO
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which was launched on GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14, has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Moon. The spacecraft was successfully launched onboard LVM-3 on July 14, 2023, at 2:35 PM IST.
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Toyota Plans to Use Regenerative Fuel Cell Technology for Manned Lunar Rover
Toyota Motor plans to use regenerative fuel cell technology to power a manned lunar rover, executives said on Friday, raising the prospect of eventually using the moon's water ice as an energy source in the future. NASA expects Japan to provide a lunar rover with a 2029 target launch date as a contribution to the Artemis programme.
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GM Shows Off Lunar Rover After Teasing It Last Year
The rover has four wheels, folding seats and no steering as it has been designed to be autonomous for the lunar terrain.
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Nissan Unveils Lunar Rover Prototype
In its joint research with JAXA, Nissan is evolving e-4ORCE technology to improve its performance in sandy terrain and other harsh conditions.
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This Lunar Rover Takes Inspiration From The Skoda's Electric Car
The Luniaq Rover is a concept of an electric lunar vehicle for up to four astronauts, inspired by the design of Skoda SUV cars.
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General Motors To Invest $71 Million For New Design And Tech Campus In California
General Motors will establish a new campus in Pasadena, California to expand its capacity in advanced technologies such as flying cars and lunar rover vehicles
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NASA Seeks Ideas From Vehicle Makers Next Lunar Rover
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to send the next Lunar Rover to the Moon and it is seeking the auto industry's help in doing so. While automakers may not exactly make lunar vehicles, they do know how a thing or two about overcoming challenging terrain. The next Lunar Rover has some very challenging tasks at hand ...
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Polaris Builds A Replica Of The Ultimate Off-Roader - The Lunar Rover
The new Polaris Lunar Rover Replica gets replica brakes, accelerates, and has four-wheel Ackermann steering, like the original NASA Lunar Rover Vehicle (LRV).
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Toyota And Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Aim To Launch Lunar Rover By 2029
JAXA and Toyota will manufacture, test and evaluate prototypes, with the goal of developing a manned, pressurised lunar rover and exploring the surface of the moon as part of an international project.
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China's Lunar Rover May Face Challenges On Moon's Far Side
China's second lunar rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), which is the first-ever rover to drive on the Moon's far side, will face considerable challenges brought by complicated terrain in its future exploration, Chinese space experts have said.
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Chinese Lunar Rover Yutu Discovers New Type of Moon Rock
Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.
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NASA Plans Giant Moon Base at Lunar South Pole for Artemis Era
NASA plans to build a vast lunar base near the Moon’s south pole during the 2030s. Water ice, near-constant sunlight, drones, and advanced rovers could support long-term human settlement under the Artemis program.
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NASA Awards Firefly $177M for 2029 Mission to Deliver Rovers to Moon’s South Pole
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract for a groundbreaking 2029 mission to the moon’s south pole. The CLPS mission will deploy multiple rovers and scientific instruments to explore permanently shadowed regions, analyze lunar regolith, and search for water ice—key steps toward supporting Artemis program goals and enabling ...
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NASA’s IM-2 Mission Brings Ice Mining, Mobile Robots, and More on Moon
NASA is launching IM-2, the second lunar mission under the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, to explore the Moon’s South Pole. The Nova-C lander, built by Intuitive Machines, will carry groundbreaking technologies, including an ice-mining drill, a mobile hopping drone, and a lunar 4G network. These innovations will help scienti...
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China Names Its Moon Spacesuit and Rover Ahead of Lunar Mission
China has named its lunar spacesuit "Wangyu" and rover "Tansuo," crucial for its human moon landing plans by 2030. The prototype development phase is in progress, with extensive testing conducted. Additional mission components, including the "Mengzhou" spacecraft and "Lanyue" lunar lander, have also been named. The construction of essential infrast...
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Chandrayaan-3 Has Covered About Two-Thirds of Distance to the Moon: ISRO
The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, which was launched on GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on July 14, has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Moon. The spacecraft was successfully launched onboard LVM-3 on July 14, 2023, at 2:35 PM IST.
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Toyota Plans to Use Regenerative Fuel Cell Technology for Manned Lunar Rover
Toyota Motor plans to use regenerative fuel cell technology to power a manned lunar rover, executives said on Friday, raising the prospect of eventually using the moon's water ice as an energy source in the future. NASA expects Japan to provide a lunar rover with a 2029 target launch date as a contribution to the Artemis programme.
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GM Shows Off Lunar Rover After Teasing It Last Year
The rover has four wheels, folding seats and no steering as it has been designed to be autonomous for the lunar terrain.
-
Nissan Unveils Lunar Rover Prototype
In its joint research with JAXA, Nissan is evolving e-4ORCE technology to improve its performance in sandy terrain and other harsh conditions.
-
This Lunar Rover Takes Inspiration From The Skoda's Electric Car
The Luniaq Rover is a concept of an electric lunar vehicle for up to four astronauts, inspired by the design of Skoda SUV cars.
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General Motors To Invest $71 Million For New Design And Tech Campus In California
General Motors will establish a new campus in Pasadena, California to expand its capacity in advanced technologies such as flying cars and lunar rover vehicles
-
NASA Seeks Ideas From Vehicle Makers Next Lunar Rover
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to send the next Lunar Rover to the Moon and it is seeking the auto industry's help in doing so. While automakers may not exactly make lunar vehicles, they do know how a thing or two about overcoming challenging terrain. The next Lunar Rover has some very challenging tasks at hand ...
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Polaris Builds A Replica Of The Ultimate Off-Roader - The Lunar Rover
The new Polaris Lunar Rover Replica gets replica brakes, accelerates, and has four-wheel Ackermann steering, like the original NASA Lunar Rover Vehicle (LRV).
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Toyota And Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Aim To Launch Lunar Rover By 2029
JAXA and Toyota will manufacture, test and evaluate prototypes, with the goal of developing a manned, pressurised lunar rover and exploring the surface of the moon as part of an international project.
-
China's Lunar Rover May Face Challenges On Moon's Far Side
China's second lunar rover Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), which is the first-ever rover to drive on the Moon's far side, will face considerable challenges brought by complicated terrain in its future exploration, Chinese space experts have said.
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Chinese Lunar Rover Yutu Discovers New Type of Moon Rock
Chinese lunar rover Yutu has discovered new volcanic rocks on Moon unlike those returned by Apollo and Luna missions, offering tantalising clues to the period of lunar volcanism.
