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Lunokhod 1, the Soviet moon rover that outlived expectations, went silent, then spoke again after 40 years

In 1970, the Soviet Union quietly deployed the first remote controlled rover on the Moon, a machine built for months that survived nearly a year. Lost at the height of the Space Race and rediscovered ...
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Korea’s two-wheel compact lunar rover advances towards 2027 Moon mission

Debuted at CES 2026, the SCARABS two-wheel lunar rover has a signed ispace mission and flight-tested onboard computer.
Nature

NASA won’t bring Mars samples back to Earth: this is the science that will be lost

A Congressional bill restores funding for most NASA space science missions, but there is no money for returning samples ...
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NASA's Curiosity rover sends stunning new panorama from high on Mars' Mount Sharp

NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back a striking new "postcard" from high on the slopes of the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, ...