the famous LRV moon buggy used during the Apollo program was controlled by astronauts sitting within the vehicle. The MAPP will also be the first rover at the Lunar South Pole and the first purely ...

A tiny commercial rover is set to land near the south pole of the moon today (March 6). Colorado-based space firm Lunar Outpost's Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, or MAPP, launched aboard ...

If you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3-scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module, [Plasanator]’s photos and build details will show off how he constructed one for a kid’s event that was a hit!

The set includes a displayable model version of the lunar rover module carried by Apollo 17, plus three attachable equipment sets," reads Lego's website. A natural follow-up to Lego's earlier ...

AP The Blue Ghost lander is also equipped to tackle the abrasive lunar dust on the surface, which had been a scourge to the Apollo moonwalkers ... Blue Ghost lander, rover and another orbiter.

The lander is expected to reach the moon's surface on Thursday. Onboard is Lunar Outpost's exploration rover MAPP, or mobile autonomous prospecting platform. "Our flight teams are locked in and me ...

The second flag was planted in November 1969 - during the Apollo 12 mission, lunar rover Pete Conrad placed it on the lunar surface. NASA engineers were excited by the prospect of Apollo ...

In 2023, Lego released a Technic set based on the Perseverance rover and, a year later, introduced a highly detailed model of NASA's Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV).