"These historic accomplishments create real-world lunar infrastructure, resource utilization, and planetary mobility—essential steps toward a lasting human presence beyond Earth.” Mission MilestonesLunar Voyage 1 will achieve a series of historic firsts, including: The first rover at the lunar South Pole region The first commercial rover on another planetary body The first commercial sale of space resources in human history The first American robotic rover on the lunar surface Carrying pioneering commercial and scientific payloads from leading global partners Shortly after landing, Lunar Outpost and its mission partners will begin transmitting the first images, data, and discoveries from the Moon’s surface over Nokia’s LSCS using a device module integrated in the MAPP rover.
Lunar Outpost’s MAPP Rover will be the first commercial rover to explore the Moon, and the first rover to voyage to the South Pole region The mission will carry commercial payloads from MIT to a football club, execute the first sale of space resources with NASA through regolith collection, and gather critical data to shape the future of lunar exploration GOLDEN, Colo., Feb.26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lunar Outpost, a leader in planetary mobility and space resource utilization, is set to redefine the future of space exploration with the launch of Lunar Voyage 1 (LV1), the company’s historic first mission to the Moon.
MAPP will make history as the first rover to explore the Moon’s South Pole, a region critical to future lunar infrastructure and sustainability, and complete the first commercial sale of space resources, a significant step in unlocking the economic potential of the Moon.
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