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NASA awards two contracts for lunar rover development

The agency is advancing rover work to support long-term human presence on the Moon.

Luisa Marconi
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WASHINGTON, US, Oct 21, 2026 - NASA is advancing development of lunar rovers to enable long-term human presence on the Moon[1]. NASA has awarded contracts to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost to develop initial Lunar Terrain Vehicles for the Moon base program[2]. NASA stated this research may inform future astronaut protection work for long duration space missions[3].
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  1. NASA stated it is advancing lunar rover development to enable long-term human presence on the Moon. · Báo Nhân Dân điện tửVietnam
  2. NASA awarded contracts to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost to develop initial Lunar Terrain Vehicles (LTV) for the Moon base program. · Báo Nhân Dân điện tửVietnam
  3. NASA stated this research may inform future astronaut protection work for long duration space missions. · Hindustan TimesIndia
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