NASA Selects Three Companies to Design the Future of Lunar Exploration
In 2029 NASA returns to the moon for the Artemis 5 mission, and astronauts will be exploring in one of these three lunar rover designs.
In 2029, NASA plans to embark on a mission back to the Moon ? humanity?s first lunar surface expedition in more than 50 years ? and that team of Artemis 5 astronauts will rely on the services of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to get around its challenging rocky surface to conduct research. NASA has narrowed the field down to three companies, each vying to shape the future of lunar rover design.
?The goal is to be able to conduct research with astronauts, move astronauts around, help them get to locations they wouldn?t otherwise be able to reach, and then to conduct continued exploration and science after they?ve departed,? said Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist at NASA Headquarters.
Astrolab has already built a fully functional terrestrial FLEX rover prototype and tested it in the California Death Valley desert.
Venturi Astrolab is teamed up with Axiom Space and Odyssey Space Research to further refine the design of their clunky and funky modular FLEX (Flexible Logistics and Exploration) rover, not only for the 2029 lunar mission but also with ambitions for use on Mars. What the oversized shopping cart design lacks aesthetically, it makes up for its highly capable and versatile modular payload carrying system rated for a maximum combined rover and cargo mass of more than two tons.
NASA will eventually chose one of thes...
In 2029, NASA plans to embark on a mission back to the Moon ? humanity?s first lunar surface expedition in more than 50 years ? and that team of Artemis 5 astronauts will rely on the services of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to get around its challenging rocky surface to conduct research. NASA has narrowed the field down to three companies, each vying to shape the future of lunar rover design.
?The goal is to be able to conduct research with astronauts, move astronauts around, help them get to locations they wouldn?t otherwise be able to reach, and then to conduct continued exploration and science after they?ve departed,? said Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist at NASA Headquarters.
Astrolab has already built a fully functional terrestrial FLEX rover prototype and tested it in the California Death Valley desert.
Venturi Astrolab is teamed up with Axiom Space and Odyssey Space Research to further refine the design of their clunky and funky modular FLEX (Flexible Logistics and Exploration) rover, not only for the 2029 lunar mission but also with ambitions for use on Mars. What the oversized shopping cart design lacks aesthetically, it makes up for its highly capable and versatile modular payload carrying system rated for a maximum combined rover and cargo mass of more than two tons.
NASA will eventually chose one of thes...
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