On a rugged, mock moonscape, the Moon RACER team (Intuitive Machines | Atlas Devices | AVL | Barrios | Boeing | CSIRO | FUGRO | Michelin | Northrop Grumman | […]
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NASA acquires GPS signals on the Moon
NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on March 3rd when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals […]
Bridgestone Partners with Astrobotic to Develop Lunar Rover Tire
Bridgestone Corporation has reached a collaboration agreement with Astrobotic Technology for joint development of a lunar rover tire for the Astrobotic 24U CubeRover. Astrobotic has a legacy of developing lunar […]
The National Space Society’s position paper on NASA’s Viper mission plus cancellation info
The National Space Society (NSS) has published a position paper concerning NASA’s announced plan to cancel the VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission to the Mon. VIPER has been […]
NASA ends VIPER project, continues Moon exploration
Following a comprehensive internal review, NASA announced Wednesday its intent to discontinue development of its VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) project. NASA stated cost increases, delays to the launch […]
JAXA’s SLIM ending lunar services
The Japanese moon lander, SLIM, will cease all lunar surface services shortly after contact attempts by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), now the fifth country to have successfully landed […]
NASA, Japan advance their space cooperation + sign a lunar rover agreement
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (left) and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Masahito Moriyama (right), have signed an agreement to advance sustainable human exploration of the […]
Axiom Space teams with Astrolab to advance lunar exploration
Astrolab, together with teammates Axiom Space and Odyssey Space Research, were awarded a NASA contract to advance the development of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to enable Artemis astronauts to […]
NASA’s LRO Spots Japan’s Moon Lander
On Jan. 19, 2024, at 10:20 a.m. EST, the JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed on the lunar surface. Five days later, NASA’s Lunar […]
Australia’s ELO2 consortium’s first prototype Moon rover for NASA’s Artemis mission
The autonomous robotic technology company, the ELO2 consortium, has unveiled a prototype of what may become Australia’s first lunar rover. The consortium is working on the project under the Australian Space […]