Lunar Outpost’s MAPP rover mission would have seen it become the first U.S. robotic rover on the surface of the moon. It ...

Intuitive Machines launches its second moon lander, which will use NASA and commercially developed tools to search for ice in the moon's crust.

NASA’s trio of autonomous rovers is heading to the Moon as part of the CADRE mission, a groundbreaking experiment in robotic teamwork. These suitcase-sized explorers will operate independently, using ...

Two lunar missions had a rough start in recent days, one utterly scuttled by a tipped lander and another jeopardized by a ...

In February 2024, an American spacecraft landed on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years and ushered in a new era of lunar exploration defined by commercial enterprise. The landing ...

So Nokia hired a company called Lunar Outpost to build the rover, which is about the size of a small dog. Lunar Outpost sold space on MAPP to other customers. One, the Massachusetts Institute of ...

The Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover aboard the toppled Intuitive Machines Athena lunar lander survived the landing that took out its parent spacecraft and even managed to ...

The YAOKI rover, developed by Dymon ... allowing companies to conduct proof-of-concept missions and collect valuable lunar data. JAOPS will manage the mission's ground operations, leveraging ...

SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machine’s Athena lunar lander toward the moon’s ... The lander includes a drill, a robotic “hopper” and a rover, each of which will explore the moon’s ...

One commercial company was hoping Thursday to follow up another’s recent lunar landing success — but it’s possible the attempt didn’t go as smoothly. Houston-based Intuitive Machine’s Athena lander on ...

Pakistan’s first-ever lunar rover is set to be launched as part of China’s Chang’E 8 mission in 2028. To celebrate this achievement and engage the nation, the Pakistan Space & Upper ...