{"id":12799,"date":"2024-12-23T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/commercial-moon-rovers-under-test\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T22:02:59","slug":"commercial-moon-rovers-under-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/commercial-moon-rovers-under-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Moon Rovers Under Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commercial Moon Rovers Under Test<\/h2>\n

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Through NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the lunar surface and use a new generation of spacesuits and rovers as they live, work, and conduct science in the Moon\u2019s South Pole region, exploring more of the lunar surface than ever before. Recently, the agency completed the first round of testing on three commercially owned and developed LTVs (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) from Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/div>\n
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Venturi Astrolab\u2019s FLEX, Intuitive Machines\u2019 Moon RACER, and Lunar Outpost\u2019s Eagle lunar terrain vehicle \u2013 three commercially owned and developed LTVs (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) \u2013 are pictured at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston in this photo from Nov. 21, 2024.<\/p>\n

As part of an ongoing year-long feasibility study, each company delivered a static mockup of their vehicle to Johnson at the end of September, initiated rover testing in October and completed the first round of testing in December inside the Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS) test facility.\u00a0Lunar surface gravity is one-sixth of what we experience here on Earth, so to mimic this, ARGOS offers an analog environment that can offload pressurized suited subjects for various reduced gravity simulations.<\/p>\n

See how these LTVs were tested.<\/a><\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/Bill Stafford<\/em><\/p>\n

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Venturi Astrolab\u2019s FLEX, Intuitive Machines\u2019 Moon RACER, and Lunar Outpost\u2019s Eagle lunar terrain vehicle \u2013 three commercially owned and developed LTVs (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) \u2013 are pictured at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston in this photo from Nov. 21, 2024. As part of an ongoing year-long feasibility study, each company delivered a static mockup [\u2026] Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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