Even with the limited amount of energy that can be transported to the moon, the pressurized rover would have a total lunar-surface cruising range of more than 10,000 km. With a range of over ...

In return, Japan will bring together public and private sector scientists and engineers to deliver a pressurized lunar rover for crewed missions. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

Hurtling towards the moon right now, safely stored in a garage held against the side of a lunar lander, is a suitcase-sized robotic rover from Colorado. And it's on course to make history ...

Since 2019, JAXA and Toyota have been collaborating on the development of a pressurized lunar rover that incorporates Toyota's fuel cell technology to provide power to the vehicle. The "Lunar ...

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 ...

The Athena lander’s sideways landing prevented MAPP’s deployment, cutting short its planned lunar exploration.

A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar South Pole. Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (or ...

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

The lander is expected to reach the moon's surface on Thursday. Onboard is Lunar Outpost's exploration rover MAPP, or mobile autonomous prospecting platform. "Our flight teams are locked in and me ...

You can watch the Athena moon landing live on Space.com. MAPP is Lunar Outpost's first moon rover. | Credit: Lunar Outpost If all goes well with landing, MAPP — also known as Lunar Outpost's ...