Moon
Roo-ver
Australia's first lunar rover, planned for a 2030 Intuitive Machines landing near the Moon's south pole.
Development and lunar-environment testing are underway; Intuitive Machines is assigned to land Roo-ver near the lunar south pole in 2030.
View in 3D map ↗Official mission site ↗The mission
Roo-ver is an Australian-made lunar rover being developed with NASA. The Australian Space Agency says Intuitive Machines will land Roo-ver in the Moon's south pole region in 2030 on a Commercial Lunar Payload Services flight (CT-4). The rover is expected to operate for up to 14 Earth days and will carry an integrated NASA analysis instrument.
The launch
- Launch
- 2030
- Launch location
- Not documented
- Launch vehicle
- Not documented
- Orbit
- Not documented
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
No mission milestones are currently available.
Objectives
- 01
Collect lunar regolith
- 02
Support in-situ resource utilization experiments
- 03
Demonstrate Australian lunar rover capability
Spacecraft
Roo-ver
- Regolith collection system
Gallery
One image from Roo-ver.
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