Lunar Outpost has unveiled designs for a new Pegasus moon rover for a 2028 launch — but the Colorado-based company isn't ...

NASA is quietly reshaping what surface exploration on the Moon will look like, trading the open buggies of Apollo for a new generation of smart, long-range rovers built for months of work in brutal ...

In an innovative simulation, two rovers from DLR (the German space agency) have been tasked with finding a critical resource on the Moon: water ice. Using advanced technology, including cameras and ...

Before me is an expansive, arid landscape—a realm of valleys, chasms, and crevasses, of steep cliffs and dusty soil, framed by distant mountains. It might as well be on the moon itself, save for the ...

As space agencies race to set foot on the Moon, Mars, and elsewhere, a not-so-glamorous problem could be the key to success: the functionality of a rover’s wheels in alien dirt. When NASA’s Spirit ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed the field of competitors vying to build the nation’s next moon rover. Ahead of an expected mid-November decision, the three teams ...

It's not unusual for space missions to be scrubbed, repurposed, or delayed for whatever reasons, but what NASA has been doing over the past year or so with a little Moon rover called VIPER is ...

NASA has launched four astronauts on a pioneering journey around the moon—the Artemis II mission. Follow our coverage here. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning ...

Not long ago, Europe was very close to realizing one of its space exploration dreams: to put the wheels of a home-brewed rover on the surface of the Moon. That mission failed, but the dream is far ...

Lunar Outpost’s Eagle Lunar Terrain Vehicle on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, on Oct. 9, 2025. It is one of three finalists for NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services award.