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VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) is a lunar rover which was developed at the NASA Ames Research Center.Before the project was cancelled in 2024 the rover would have been tasked with prospecting for lunar resources in permanently shadowed areas of lunar south pole region, especially by mapping the distribution and concentration of water ice.
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) is a NASA program to hire companies to send small robotic landers and rovers to the Moon.Most landing sites are near the lunar south pole [1] [2] where they will scout for lunar resources, test in situ resource utilization (ISRU) concepts, and perform lunar science to support the Artemis lunar program.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) during 1971 and 1972. It is popularly called the Moon buggy, a play on the term "dune buggy".
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was a battery-powered four-wheeled vehicle design. The LRV could carry one or two astronauts , their equipment, and lunar samples. During 1971 and 1972, LRVs were used on the Moon for each of the final three missions of the American Apollo program , Apollo 15 , 16 , and 17 .
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan drove a lunar roving vehicle on the moon's surface during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. It's still on the moon more than 50 years later. - NASA/JSC
Two versions of Blue Moon are under development: a robotic lander planned to land on the Moon in 2024, [4] [5] and a larger human lander planned to land a crew of four astronauts on the lunar surface for the NASA Artemis V mission in 2029. [6] Development of the smaller, uncrewed lander began in 2016 and was publicly revealed in 2017.
Argonaut or European Large Logistics Lander (EL3) is a class of lunar landers designed by the European Space Agency in partnership with Airbus to deliver payloads to the surface of the Moon. [2] The lander is being designed with a versatile set of uses in mind, including use as a power station, support for a rover, cargo delivery, and ...
NASA released surreal footage from the Apollo Space Program of the 1960s and ’70s. The stunning, high-resolution visuals give a closer look at a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), nicknamed a “moon ...