Lunar Outpost is a private space company specializing in space robotics, lunar surface mobility, and space resource utilization. As a leading developer of advanced robotic systems for extreme environments, Lunar Outpost is known for its Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover, the first commercial rover to operate on the Moon. The company is also involved in NASA's Artemis Program, developing a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) in collaboration with partners like General Motors and Goodyear, and has contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, the Australian Government, and the Luxembourg Space Agency. Key partners and customers include NASA, Nokia, Intuitive Machines, and MIT.
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NASA awarded Lunar Outpost a $220 million task order to develop the Pegasus rover under Phase 1 High Achievability Mission task orders of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services contract.
Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover can be driven manually, autonomously, or via teleoperations at speeds of more than 9 mph.
Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover is designed to operate for up to a year.
Over the next 18 months, Astrolab and Lunar Outpost will finalize rover designs, conduct crewed evaluations, and qualify flight units for operational readiness.
Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover is a lighter, mission-ready evolution of its Eagle rover built to meet NASA’s updated Lunar Terrain Vehicle requirements.
NASA awarded teams led by Astrolab and Lunar Outpost firm, fixed-price contracts worth about $220 million each to build crew-capable Lunar Terrain Vehicles.
Lunar Outpost's rover for NASA is Pegasus, which uses much of the design of its larger Eagle rover originally proposed for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services program.
NASA selected Astrolab and Lunar Outpost to develop lunar rovers, and each contract is worth about $220 million.
NASA awarded Astrolab and Lunar Outpost $220 million each for Lunar Terrain Vehicle design and delivery.
Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover is a lighter evolution of its Eagle rover platform.
NASA awarded Lunar Outpost $220 million for its Pegasus rover.
NASA has shown prototypes of lunar LTV vehicles that Astrolab and Lunar Outpost will manufacture.
Lunar Outpost is the prime contractor for the Lunar Dawn consortium.
Lunar Outpost's NASA contract covers its Pegasus rover, a pared-down version of its Eagle lunar terrain vehicle.
NASA awarded two $220 million contracts for lunar terrain vehicles to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost.
Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover is a lighter evolution of the Eagle rover and can operate for up to one year at speeds above 14 km/h.
NASA awarded Astrolab $219 million and Lunar Outpost $220 million for the first phase of lunar terrain vehicle development and delivery.
Lunar Outpost closed a $30 million Series B round led by Industrious Ventures.
Lunar Outpost has eight fully contracted lunar and cislunar missions on its manifest before 2030.
Lunar Outpost raised a US$12 million Seed round in May 2022 to fund its initial rover development.