April 2026
Apollo lunar rover - the Lego version
... driven ‘off-world’, it could do no better than incorporate the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle in the first lunar museum. Time, as ever, will tell. The real Apollo 15 lunar rover, one of three still parked on the Moon. Note on pricing Prices...
11 October 2019
Spacebit unveils its design of the UK's first Moon rover
... is to go there and see what is available there for all humanity to explore," said Tanasyuk. The rover is designed to last just one lunar day (10 Earth days) as it is unlikely the small spider-bot would be able to withstand the perishing...
11 December 2020
A US company is aiming to race rovers on the Moon next year
... next year, as a means to deploy the rovers. Based in Colorado, Lunar Outpost says it will utilise its extensive experience gained from the development of its commercial resource-prospecting lunar rover – the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform...
05 May 2017
Will CubeRover revolutionise planetary surface exploration?
Lunar rovers are set to get smaller, much smaller and a lot lighter compared with the traditional bulky and heavy models we are accustomed to seeing, as NASA has selected Astrobotic to develop CubeRover, a class of 2 kilogram rover platforms capable...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... space economy that would completely transform the current landscape of space exploration [2]. High-speed lunar rover Current rover designs are not suited for accomplishing many of the goals envisaged in future exploration missions Successful...
02 September 2019
Strange substance discovered by China's lunar rover on far side of the Moon
...its design lifetime of three Earth months, China’s Chang’e-4 lunar rover Yutu-2 – the first man-made spacecraft launched to ... a colour and lustre unlike that of the surrounding lunar surface. The rover was then sent back to examine the area further ...
