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NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will no longer go to the Moon, and will most likely be scrapped for parts.

NASA Abandons Moon Rover After Spending Half a Billion Dollars on It

By Frank Landymore

Space startup Astrolabs has signed a contract with SpaceX to send its rover to the Moon as soon as 2026 on board the space company's Starship rocket.

Space Startup to Send a Rover to the Moon on Board a SpaceX Starship

By Victor Tangermann

Aerospace startup Venturi Astrolab has shown off a futuristic new interplanetary rover meant to ferry astronauts across the surface of the Moon and Mars.

New Moon Rover Looks Like a Giant Baby Stroller for Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

It was just a month ago that the world was introduced to the bizarre cube on the moon — and just like that, it's gone.

Remember the “Moon Cube”? China Just Published a New Photo and Uhhhhh

By Noor Al-Sibai

Chinese lunar rover Yutu-2 captured images of a cube on the Moon's surface this week. The rover is moving in to check out the object.

Chinese Rover Exploring What Appears to Be Cube-Shaped Object on Moon

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to build a car meant to allow astronauts to travel across the surface of the Moon.

General Motors Is Working on a Self-Driving Electric Car for Moon Astronauts

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new paper, a team of Chinese scientists claim a strange "gel-like" substance found on the far side of the Moon is "impact melt breccia."

China Finally Figured Out What That Weird “Gel-Like” Substance from the Far Side of the Moon Was

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is asking potential industry partners, including electric car companies, to send them ideas for lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) designs.

Advanced Transport

NASA Is Asking Electric Car Companies for Lunar Rover Ideas

By Victor Tangermann

The European Space Agency is about to test if an astronaut on board the International Space Station is capable of taking control of Moon rovers from space.

Astronauts Are About to Take Control of a Mars Rover, From Space

By Victor Tangermann

Russia is working on a lunar rover with a wheeled base supporting the body of its humanoid robot Fedor, which has already visited the ISS.

Russia’s Working on a Lunar Rover With a Humanoid Torso

By Kristin Houser

UK-based startup SpaceBit's Moon rover is not only the smallest ever, but it also has legs instead of the typical wheels.

2021 Moon Rover Will Have Legs Instead of Wheels

By Kristin Houser

China claims its Yutu-2 lunar rover has stumbled upon an unsually colored "gel-like" substance on the bottom of an impact crater on the Moon.

Science & Energy

China Claims Its Moon Rover Found a Colorful “Gel-Like” Substance

By Victor Tangermann

In a world's first, Chinese lunar probe Chang'e-4 just touched down on the far side of the moon -- the more mysterious, and lesser known side.

China Just Landed a Rover on the Far Side of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Google’s Lunar XPrize Is Over. Spaceflight Innovation, However, Is Not.

Google’s Lunar XPrize Is Over. Spaceflight Innovation, However, Is Not.

By Patrick Caughill

India’s First-Ever Moon Mission to Launch in 2018

India’s First-Ever Moon Mission to Launch in 2018

By Chelsea Gohd