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While we may remember the "one small step" more than anything else, the first Lunar Rover has its own interesting story ...
NASA is gearing up for an exciting chapter in lunar exploration by sending a trio of high-tech instruments to the Moon. Two ...
The term automaker is beginning to feel outdated. Once solely focused on building vehicles that traveled roads, car manufacturers are now setting their sights beyond the skies and into space. From ...
NASA is gearing up for a bold new era of lunar exploration with three advanced instruments set to investigate the Moon’s ...
American space agency NASA said it selected the first two instruments to be fitted on the upcoming Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV ...
On July 20, 1969, humans landed on the moon for the first time, and part of that achievement was made possible thanks to ...
NASA has announced three finalists to pitch them their best moon car ideas by this time next year to use on upcoming Artemis lunar missions. During a press conference yesterday afternoon, the ...
During the 1972 Apollo 17 mission, Commander Eugene Cernan set a lunar speed record of 11.2 mph (18.0 km/h) in the two-seater lunar rover used by Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt to ...
The last time anyone drove on the Moon was way back in 1972 when the astronauts of Apollo 17 took the Lunar Roving Vehicle for one last spin. Now, NASA is plotting a return to the Moon’s surface ...
A Golden and Arvada-based space company has been chosen as a “prime contractor” vying to create NASA’s next-generation lunar rover. The company hopes American astronauts will use them to get ...
A tiny commercial rover is set to land near the south pole of the moon today (March 6). Colorado-based space firm Lunar Outpost's Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, or MAPP, launched aboard ...
The Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) ultimately enabled Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt to venture as much as 4.7 miles (7.6 kilometers) away from their lunar module.