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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Lunar Outpost has already designed and built two full-scale Pegasus prototypes and started human-in-the-loop testing.
Lunar Outpost unveiled Pegasus, a new rover class based on a pared-down version of its Eagle Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
Type One Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Promus Ventures, Reliable Equity, and other investors participated in Lunar Outpost’s Series B round.
Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform reached the lunar surface on the IM-2 mission last year.
Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform is designed to generate customer data rather than complete one-off missions.
Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform failed to exit the tipped-over lander on the IM-2 mission.
Lunar Outpost’s Eagle lunar terrain vehicle is intended to serve as the backbone of lunar surface infrastructure.
Lunar Outpost is developing the Eagle Lunar Terrain Vehicle for more advanced missions.
Lunar Outpost is developing Pegasus as a lower-mass lunar terrain vehicle for NASA.
NASA did not select Lunar Outpost, Astrolab, and Intuitive Machines proposals for its original lunar terrain vehicle competition after the Ignition event.
NASA is reviving the VIPER rover project to prospect for lunar water and resources near the lunar outpost.
The Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services competition has three named feasibility contract holders: Intuitive Machines, Venturi Astrolab, and Lunar Outpost.
NASA asked Astrolab, Intuitive Machines, and Lunar Outpost to revise their Lunar Terrain Vehicle proposals to offer a smaller, simpler rover that could be ready earlier.
The NASA Authorization Act of 2026 directs NASA to work on establishing initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
A White House executive order in December calls for a human landing on the Moon by 2028 and beginning work on a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
The executive order sets the goal of having a sustained lunar outpost operational by 2030.
The executive order includes a provision to establish elements of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
NASA aims to establish the initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
The executive order mandates returning American astronauts to the lunar surface by 2028 and establishing a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
NASA hopes to establish initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.