Lunar Outpost, a leader in planetary mobility and in-space infrastructure based in Golden, has announced its selection for NASA’s Artemis IV mission. The project is in partnership with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Central Florida, and the University of California Berkeley.
Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover will assist in NASA’s DUSTER investigation, which focuses on lunar dust and plasma analysis near the Moon’s South Pole. DUSTER includes instruments developed by LASP for studying dust behavior during various mission activities, such as landings and liftoffs.
The MAPP rover will be deployed by astronauts and aims to enhance understanding of lunar dust’s impact on future exploration initiatives. This mission will be Lunar Outpost’s seventh contracted effort, underscoring its capability in supporting diverse mission profiles in space.
Justin Cyrus, Founder and CEO of Lunar Outpost, remarked, “The Apollo missions showed us the challenges posed by dust on the lunar surface, and NASA’s Artemis plans to find solutions as a critical step to building a sustainable human presence in space.”
Source: Press Release.
