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A model of the Lunar Cruiser on display at Japan Mobility Show 2023. The Lunar Cruiser is the nickname of a crewed pressurized lunar rover being developed jointly by JAXA and Toyota that astronauts can drive and live on the Moon. [1]
The Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX) [47] is a planned joint lunar mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). [48] [49] The mission would send an uncrewed lunar lander and rover to explore the south pole region of the Moon no earlier than 2028.
Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) or Sora-Q, is a tiny rover developed by JAXA in joint cooperation with the toy company Tomy, Sony, and Doshisha University. [25] The baseball-sized rover has a mass of 250 g and is equipped with two small cameras.
JAXA will start a 20-minute touchdown phase on its one-way mission ... NASA plans the launch of its lunar polar exploration rover VIPER in November. The U.S. space agency last week announced fresh ...
A spacecraft designed by a Japanese company crashed during a lunar landing attempt in April, and a new flagship rocket failed its debut launch in March. JAXA has a track record with difficult ...
In early 2019, Toyota joined forces with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to develop a six-wheeled rover capable of transporting two astronauts and their gear on the moon. It's an off ...
Sora-Q is a miniature Lunar rover designed and made by Japanese space agency JAXA, toy manufacturer Tomy, Sony, and Doshisha University. [1]It was launched to the Moon first on the failed Hakuto-R Mission 1 in 2022, [2] [3] and on 2023 Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission, where it is officially called the Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2).
JAXA does not have a clear date when SLIM will end its operation on the moon, but the agency has previously said the lander was not designed to survive a lunar night. The next lunar night begins ...