Under that plan, the Chang’e-7 mission scheduled for 2026 aims to carry out the most detailed survey of the lunar south pole, using an orbiter, a lander, a rover – and the flying detector.

MAPP, built by the Colorado company Lunar Outpost, will touch down aboard Intuitive Machines' Athena lander at 12:32 p.m. ET ...

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

"Our data paints a clear picture that MAPP survived the landing attempt and would have driven on the lunar surface and ...

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 ...

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

First private US robotic lunar rover, Mapp, built by Lunar Outpost, successfully lands near the moon’s south pole. Carried aboard Intuitive Machines' Athena lander, Mapp aims to explore lunar terrain ...

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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 ...

Pakistan will make its debut in lunar exploration in 2028 with the launch of its first-ever rover as part of China’s Chang’E 8 mission, showcasing the country’s expanding capabilities in ...

Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million ...