GOLDEN, Colo. — Lunar Outpost will be sending its autonomous Lunar Terrain Vehicle to the moon using SpaceX's giant Starship rocket for launch and landing.
The Golden-based company signed the launch services agreement with Elon Musk's company last week. The vehicle, called Lunar Outpost Eagle, aims to improve surface mobility on the moon through features like autonomous navigation and reconfigurable cargo options.
It will be on the moon's surface and ready to provide services in 2029, according to Justin Cyrus, Lunar Outpost founder and CEO.
This partnership helps the companies contribute to NASA's Artemis campaign, which is aiming to support long-term human exploration on the moon.
"Lunar Outpost Eagle represents an extraordinarily capable off-road robotic mobility system to transport both Artemis Astronauts and cargo as well as build and maintain critical infrastructure on other planetary bodies, enabling a sustainable presence on the Moon, Mars, and beyond," Cyrus said in an email. "We are confident that SpaceX is advancing the most capable launch system ever created and will successfully land our Eagle vehicles on the surface of the Moon."
