MAPP rover
A small robotic rover built to carry instruments and gather lunar soil. The first one reached the Moon in 2025 but was stuck aboard its tipped-over lander.
Why it matters
MAPP is Lunar Outpost's commercial rover for prospecting and science, and its first mission was set up to sell collected lunar regolith to NASA. It also feeds lessons into the company's larger crewed rovers.
How the technology works
MAPP, short for Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, rides on a commercial lander and is meant to deploy after touchdown. It carries customer payloads and cameras and sends back data and images.
On its first flight, Lunar Voyage 1, the IM-2 lander came to rest on its side and the rover could not deploy.
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