Space robotics specialist GITAI has completed a concept study for a mechanical arm that would be ready to support Japan’s crewed lunar rover early next decade.

The MAPP will also be the first rover at the Lunar South Pole and the first purely commercial rover to ever land on another planetary body. Once it begins roving the lunar surface, the MAPP will ...

A tiny commercial rover is set to land near the south pole of the moon today (March 6). Colorado-based space firm Lunar Outpost's Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, or MAPP, launched aboard ...

MAPP, built by the Colorado company Lunar Outpost, will touch down aboard Intuitive Machines' Athena lander at 12:32 p.m. ET today (March 6). Update for 1 pm ET: Intuitive Machines landed its ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Athena's mission, known as IM-2, is targeting a landing at around 12:32 p.m. EST (1732 GMT ...