Category Archives: Lunar Rovers

Tuesday / 9 June 2020

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Moon Mark / Intuitive Machines: Moon Racing Program Aims To Inspire Youth & Create New Modes Of Exploration

STEAM Infotainment Enterprise Moon Mark Partners With Lunar Lander Provider Intuitive Machines On Lunar Race Car Design Challenge In Which 6 Student Teams Compete To See 2 Concepts Manufactured And Raced On The Surface Of Moon During IM-1 Mission Set For October 2021; Vehicles Are Limited To 5kg With Uniform Electric Propulsion Systems, Moon Mark Mission 1 Will “Provide Accessible Content For Students, Teachers And The Public” Says CEO Mary Hagy (T); Contest Judged By Astronautical Professionals On Space-Worthiness, Teamwork, Innovation, Creativity/Outreach And Entrepreneurship

 

Credits: Intuitive Machines, Moon Mark

Friday / 22 May 2020

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Small Student-Built Robotic Rover ‘Iris’ May Be First Ever From USA To Explore Moon

Carnegie Mellon University Developed Lunar Rover Iris, Named For 2 Onboard Video Cameras, Having Passed NASA Design Review Is Now Being Modified And Readied For Payload Integration On Peregrine Lander For July 2021 Launch; William ‘Red’ Whittaker, Professor Of CMU Robotics Institute And Astrobotic Founder Leads Team; R&D Funded By US$125,000 NASA Small Business Innovation Research Award; At ~ 2kg, Small / Inexpensive ‘CubeRover’ Class Planetary Surface Probes Reportedly To Be Marketed By Astrobotic For Future Missions

Credits: CMU, NASA, ASTROBOTIC

Tuesday / 28 April 2020

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SpaceBit Aims To Land “Arachnid-Like” Asagumo Rover Built On Modular 6U CubeSat Chassis

SpaceBit Of UK Reportedly Creating Redundant Designs Amid Global Supply Chain Uncertainty, Allowing Independent Assembly Of 1-1.3 kg Rover In USA, UK, Japan; Spacebit Mission One Striving To Meet Q3 2021 Maiden Launch Of ULA Vulcan Centaur / Astrobotic Peregrine Lander; Partnered With Yuzhnoye Design Office, Ecuadorian Space Agency, Dereum Labs Of Mexico; Pavlo Tanasyuk Signs Agreement At 3rd MVA Workshop & Symposium With Japan Company Dymon To Image Asagumo On Lunar Surface, Spacebit To Reciprocate With Picture Of Yaoki Rover

Credits: Spacebit, Astrobotic, ULA