lunar rover.
space exploration vehicle (rover) designed to move across the surface of the Moon
NVIDIA Jetson GPUs Planned for Lunar Rover
Nvidia’s Jetson chips will power Lunar Outpost’s next lunar rover, potentially marking the first GPU on the Moon by handling LiDAR data and autonomous navigation in extreme space conditions. NASA’s Artemis-era push invites private firms to map terrain and search for resources, with Lunar Outpost and partners like Intuitive Machines and Firefly Aerospace planning Falcon 9 launches this year to advance Moon missions, including studying Reiner Gamma.
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A lunar rover or Moon rover is a space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of the Moon. The Apollo program's Lunar Roving Vehicle was driven on the Moon by members of three American crews, Apollo 15, 16, and 17. Other rovers have been partially or fully autonomous robots, such as the Soviet Union's Lunokhods, Chinese Yutus, Indian Pragyan, and Japan's LEVs. Five countries have had operating rovers on the Moon: the Soviet Union, the United States, China, India, and Japan.
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