China's Yutu 2 lunar rover, as seen by the Chang'e 4 lander, on the far side of the moon. The 2026 Chang'e 7 mission will also feature a large rover, as well as a lander and a small hopper that ...

Grace is a first-of-its-kind technology demonstration as no hopping robot has explored the Moon before. Although Ingenuity, a trusty rotorcraft that explored Mars alongside the Perseverance rover ...

Lunar Outpost, a commercial space company headquartered in Colorado, built the rover, which is named MAPP ... Dubbed Grace, the hopping robot expected to explore roughly 650 feet of ground ...

safely stored in a garage held against the side of a lunar lander, is a suitcase-sized robotic rover from Colorado. And it's on course to make history, heralding the beginning of a commercial ...

But "Grace," the hopping drone — named after computing ... navigate the moon's treacherous terrain in ways no rover can. Landing on the moon presents unique challenges due to the absence of ...

May 7 (UPI) --NASA is exploring alternative ways to deliver its VIPER rover to the moon after canceling partnership proposals to land a water-seeking robot on the lunar surface. VIPER, which ...

Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform rover was unable to exit onto the moon’s surface after the lunar lander carrying the rover landed on its side Thursday morning.

The coming week is a very important one for the European space exploration efforts, as the continent's first Moon rover will finally have to chance to roam the deserted, regolith-covered surface ...

The hopper will carry a water molecule analyzer into permanently shadowed craters. China is preparing to launch a pioneering mission to the moon next year to search for definitive evidence of ...

China is preparing to launch a pioneering mission to the moon next year to search for definitive evidence of water at the ...