Grace is a first-of-its-kind technology demonstration as no hopping robot has explored the Moon before. Although Ingenuity, a trusty rotorcraft that explored Mars alongside the Perseverance rover ...

Several issues conspired to bring Athena down, including tough lighting conditions near the moon's south pole.

A robotic moon lander is set to launch into space this ... Lunar Outpost, a commercial space company headquartered in Colorado, built the rover, which is named MAPP (short for Mobile Autonomous ...

With two commercial moon landers already on their way ... We're flying with a deployable rover, we're flying with a drone, (a) rocket-powered drone that hops, flies off the lander and hops ...

A model of the VIPER rover, which was supposed to launch in late 2023. NASA/Helen Arase Vargas NASA’s VIPER is designed to search for water ice around the Moon’s south pole. But instead of ...

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 ...

May 7 (UPI) --NASA is exploring alternative ways to deliver its VIPER rover to the moon after canceling partnership proposals to land a water-seeking robot on the lunar surface. VIPER, which ...

is teaming up with Lockheed Martin to help design a next-generation Moon rover planned for use in the Artemis missions. On top of its plans with Nokia, Lunar Outpost is also one of the first ...

China is preparing to launch a pioneering mission to the moon next year to search for definitive evidence of water at the lunar south pole. The Chang'e 7 mission will consist of a lander, a rover ...

China's Yutu 2 lunar rover, as seen by the Chang'e 4 lander, on the far side of the moon. The 2026 Chang'e 7 mission will also feature a large rover, as well as a lander and a small hopper that ...