Venturi Space has unveiled ALTA LUNA, a compact tracked lunar utility rover that autonomously drives an incapacitated ...

Antonio Delfino (left), director of space affairs at Venturi Space, shows off a model of the company's Mona Luna rover at the Paris Air Show June 16. PARIS — Venturi Space, a company that has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A prototype of a Canadian ...

Robotic space rovers keep hitting a snag because the moon's surface is "fluffier" than Earth's, according to a new study. Researchers believe they've cracked the code as to why these multi-million ...

In a simulation of Mars, a space rover is testing a control system with an unusual inspiration: insect brains. The software was created by Opteran, a startup based in the UK. But the idea originated ...

What methods and simulations can engineers use to accurately test rovers that are used on other worlds like the Moon and Mars? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Field Robotics ...

The Canadian Space Agency announced a competition today to name Canada's first-ever rover mission to the moon. This unmanned mission will explore the south polar region of the moon to search for water ...

HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), announced it has reached an agreement with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) for the company to transport Astrolab’s ...

The Canadian government is committing C$1.2 billion over 13 years to develop a lunar rover. Credit: Canadensys Aerospace The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded three contracts worth C$14.6 ...

MADISON — When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, ...