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In return, NASA will provide the launch and delivery of the rover to the Moon, as well as providing seats for two Japanese astronaut missions to the lunar surface, with the goal of these astronauts being the first non-Americans to travel to the Moon's surface.
First rover to successfully run on Mars. Mars Exploration Rover: Spirit: NASA: 4 January 2004: 6 years 79 days: 7.73 km (4.80 mi) Mission ended after rover got stuck in Martian sand. Opportunity: NASA: 25 January 2004
Resource Prospector is a cancelled mission concept by NASA of a rover that would have performed a survey expedition on a polar region of the Moon. The rover was to attempt to detect and map the location of volatiles such as hydrogen, oxygen and lunar water which could foster more affordable and sustainable human exploration to the Moon, Mars ...
The following table is a list of successful and unsuccessful Mars landers. As of 2022, 21 lander missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars. As of 2022, 21 lander missions and 8 sub-landers (Rovers and Penetrators) attempted to land on Mars.
Mark 1 Pathfinder Mission: Blue Moon: March 2025: New Glenn: Blue Origin: Lander: First mission for the Blue Moon lander platform developed by Blue Origin and will prove the viability of the platform and BE-7 engine. It has a cargo capacity of up to 3000kg. IM-3: Nova-C: October 2025 [126] [127] Falcon 9 B5: Intuitive Machines: Lander: Khon2 ...
NASA's Curiosity rover, selfie, 2015. A Mars rover is a remote-controlled motor vehicle designed to travel on the surface of Mars. Rovers have several advantages over stationary landers: they examine more territory, they can be directed to interesting features, they can place themselves in sunny positions to weather winter months, and they can advance the knowledge of how to perform very ...
Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory) 26 November 2011: NASA United States: Rover Operational Landed on 6 August 2012 Atlas V 541: 41 Mars Orbiter Mission: Mars Orbiter Mission: 5 November 2013: ISRO India: Orbiter Successful Entered orbit on 24 September 2014. Mission extended to 2022, where the mission concluded on September 27, 2022 after ...
The rover is currently being manufactured, with an expected launch date no earlier than 2032. [3] The rover itself will use fuel-cell electric-vehicle technologies. [4] [5] An update by the development team in late 2023 indicated the very first cruiser would be deployed along with the first moonbase. [6]