The Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Japanese space exploration firm ispace has finished building a micro lunar rover, which is now set to fly to the moon. The newly assembled rover is soon set to be ...

In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed an ...

NASA is sending a trio of miniature rovers to the Moon to see how well they can cooperate with one another without direct input from mission controllers back on Earth. A teamwork-minded experiment to ...

Beneath the moon's cratered surface lie networks of lava tubes and deep pits, natural caves that could shelter future lunar ...

A CADRE rover is prepared for electromagnetic interference and compatibility testing in a special chamber at JPL in November 2023. Such testing confirms that the operation of the electronic subsystems ...

NASA has recently announced the completion of its development and testing phase for a fleet of small rovers that will explore the moon autonomously. These rovers, part of NASA's Cooperative Autonomous ...

NASA is ramping up its plans for exploring the moon, not only in terms of preparing to send astronauts there but also rovers. There’s the VIPER rover, which will search for water around the lunar ...

ispace is one of the few space exploration startups that doesn't really have a major accomplishment to brag about, despite two very high-profile attempts. That's because both of the Japanese company's ...

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A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed a transformative wheel capable of navigating the ...