Bridgestone Corporation is a global manufacturer of tires and rubber products that is actively involved in the space industry through the development of lunar rover tires. They are designing tires to support lunar exploration, focusing on safety, shock absorption, and energy efficiency in the extreme lunar environment, even showcasing concept models at the Space Symposium. Bridgestone has a collaboration agreement with Astrobotic Technology for joint development of lunar rover tires and works with JAXA.
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Bridgestone has been developing elastic lunar rover wheel prototypes with JAXA since 2019.
Bridgestone has signed joint development agreements with Astrobotic and ispace for lunar wheel development.
Bridgestone displayed elastic-wheel lunar rover tire prototypes at the 41st Space Symposium.
Bridgestone Corporation reached a collaboration agreement with Astrobotic Technology to jointly develop a lunar rover tire for the Astrobotic 24U CubeRover.
Bridgestone Corporation reached a collaboration agreement with Astrobotic Technology for joint development of a lunar rover tire on 2024-10-31.
May Mobility is working with Bridgestone on a previously announced program.