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Lunar Outpost

US
commercialFounded 2017
Golden, Colorado, United States
www.lunaroutpost.com
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Lunar Outpost won a NASA award in 2020 to collect samples and transfer them to NASA.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostNarrative GeneralJun 1, 2022Startups raise millions for lunar rovers and asteroid mining

Explorer 1 Fund led Lunar Outpost’s $12,000,000 seed round with participation from Promus Ventures, Space Capital, Type 1 Ventures, and Cathexis Ventures.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostOrg RelationshipJun 1, 2022Startups raise millions for lunar rovers and asteroid mining

Lunar Outpost raised a $12,000,000 seed round on 2022-05-24.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostOrg RelationshipJun 1, 2022Startups raise millions for lunar rovers and asteroid mining

Julian Cyrus, Lunar Outpost cofounder and chief operating officer, supports selling payloads in token form as a way to increase the number of payloads operating on the Moon and expand public participation in space missions.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostTechnical ProductFeb 17, 2022Copernic Space unveils platform with sale of lunar payload

Lunar Outpost is working with Copernic Space to sell an additional 3.48 kg of payload on its first Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP).

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostOrg RelationshipFeb 17, 2022Copernic Space unveils platform with sale of lunar payload

Northrop Grumman is working with Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, AVL, and Michelin as part of a five-company team to propose a lunar rover to NASA.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2021Northrop-led team proposes Artemis lunar rover

Lunar Outpost will apply experience developing its MAPP small robotic rover, which is scheduled to fly to the moon on a Nova-C lander in 2022, to the Northrop Grumman rover project.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostNarrative PlanNov 16, 2021Northrop-led team proposes Artemis lunar rover

Lunar Outpost of Golden, Colorado is preparing to send a 10-kilogram Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform robotic rover to the lunar south pole in 2022 on an Intuitive Machines lander.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostTechnical ProductNov 15, 2021Sure, there’s hype. But blockchain has concrete space applications

NASA plans to pay Lunar Outpost $1 if the company collects a small amount of lunar regolith, verifies the collection, and transfers ownership to NASA.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostNarrative FinancialAug 24, 2021NASA Administrator highlights contributions of Colorado industry and academia

The planned Lunar Outpost rover mission will use Nokia LTE 0.004 kg technologies to provide high-bandwidth communications between the rover, the lander, and Earth.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostNarrative PlanAug 24, 2021NASA Administrator highlights contributions of Colorado industry and academia

Lunar Outpost submitted a proposal offering to sell lunar material to NASA for $1.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostNarrative FinancialDec 3, 2020NASA selects four companies for lunar sample purchases

Lunar Outpost is developing a rover called MAPP that it plans to fly to the Moon on another company’s lander.

Mentioned as: Lunar OutpostNarrative PlanDec 3, 2020NASA selects four companies for lunar sample purchases
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