Startups Win NASA Contracts For Lunar Rover Demos

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NASA purchased two more missions aboard Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 landers to fly rovers to the lunar surface.

Credit: Blue Origin
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA has awarded contracts totaling nearly $1 billion for a pair of crew-capable lunar rovers and transportation services to land them on the Moon, hopefully ahead of the planned Artemis IV mission in early 2028, the agency announced May 26. The Lunar Terrain Vehicles (LTV) will be...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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