NASA astronauts took their first drive on the moon 54 years ago. Now, three companies are competing for a NASA contract to ...

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Europe's first in-house developed lander, the Venturi Space Mona Luna, just performed its first test drive at the European ...

Lunokhod 1 was the first rover to freely drive on the Moon, sending back tens of thousands of images and proving the USSR could explore without astronauts. Lost in 1971 and rediscovered decades later, ...

New Mexico scientists are contributing to a groundbreaking NASA mission with a rover designed to search for water on the moon ...

A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar South Pole. Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform rover was ...

The reconfigurable wheel can survive a four-meter drop and withstand harsh space conditions, making it ideal for future rover ...

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 that ...

If everything goes according to plan, Toyota will become the first carmaker in the world to send a vehicle to another world. Not only that, but it will also become the first company in the world to ...

Moon dust is not a poetic flourish, it is a mission risk that can grind through metal, clog joints, and threaten astronaut lungs. As NASA prepares to send crews back to the lunar surface for longer ...

In the new year, the value of lunar exploration is being reassessed, with the Moon seen as a hub for deep space exploration ...