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Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter.
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Robot space rovers keep getting stuck on the moon because it is 'too fluffy'

Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is "fluffier" than on Earth, suggests a new study. Researchers reckon they've finally worked out why the multi-million ...
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Four NASA payloads to fly on Astrolab’s first lunar rover

WASHINGTON — Astrolab’s first lunar rover will carry four NASA payloads on a mission planned to launch later this year. Astrolab announced May 18 that it had reached agreements with four NASA centers ...
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Rover built in Colorado could be the first US robot to explore the moon, expected to land Thursday

Hurtling towards the moon right now, 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 ...
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Lunar Outpost has big plans for the moon. The new Pegasus lunar rover is just the start

Lunar Outpost has unveiled designs for a new Pegasus moon rover for a 2028 launch — but the Colorado-based company isn't ...
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Scientists figure out the flaw behind stuck rovers using free software

Space operations are extremely sophisticated and expensive undertakings. There are so many things that can go wrong, especially when it comes to on-ground missions on extra-terrestrial bodies such ...
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NASA’s Curiosity rover captures new sweeping panorama of Mars’ landscape

NASA’s Curiosity rover recently captured a sweeping panorama of Mars’ Gale Crater under exceptionally favorable viewing conditions, offering one of the clearest looks yet at the vast Martian basin.
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Space rover tests ‘natural intelligence’ based on insect brains

In a simulation of Mars, a space rover is testing a control system with an unusual inspiration: insect brains. The software was created by Opteran, a startup based in the UK. But the idea originated ...
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Robotic space rovers keep getting stuck because the surface of the moon is 'fluffy'

Robotic space rovers keep hitting a snag because the moon's surface is "fluffier" than Earth's, according to a new study. Researchers believe they've cracked the code as to why these multi-million ...