MoonRanger autonomous lunar rover
Carnegie Mellon and Astrobotic autonomous lunar rover with stereo-camera mapping, long-range communication-denied navigation, and a neutron spectrometer for hydrogen and water-ice prospecting; NASA plans a 2029 south-pole delivery on Firefly Blue Ghost 4.
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- Aliases
- MoonRangerMoonRanger roverNASA MoonRangerMoonRanger lunar rover
- Family Name
- MoonRanger
- Full Name
- MoonRanger autonomous lunar rover
- Roles
- roverresearchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- development
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Carnegie Mellon and Astrobotic autonomous lunar rover with stereo-camera mapping, long-range communication-denied navigation, and a neutron spectrometer for hydrogen and water-ice prospecting; NASA plans a 2029 south-pole delivery on Firefly Blue Ghost 4.
- Operator
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:58:54 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:58:54 UTC