Lunar Outpost Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-01 - Contract Award - AEye Apollo selected for Lunar Outpost Pegasus vehicle - Pegasus is being developed to transport Artemis astronauts across the lunar surface under NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services programme. Apollo is intended to support terrain perception, obstacle detection and autonomous navigation in lunar operating… - source: sec.gov
• 2026-06-16 - Contract Award - NUVIEW consortium selected for ESA Moonraker lunar LiDAR study - Moonraker will study orbital LiDAR mapping of lunar poles, landing sites and surface hazards. Lunar Outpost Europe leads thermal design and model-based systems engineering within the consortium. The mapping concept is intended to support autonomous landings… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2026-05-26 - Contract Award - NASA selects Lunar Outpost Pegasus LTV for $220M Moon mobility task order - NASA awarded Lunar Outpost $220 million to build and deliver the first phase of lunar terrain vehicles under LTVS. Pegasus is designed for crewed and uncrewed lunar surface mobility, including manual, autonomous and teleoperated driving. NASA said the… - source: nasa.gov
• 2026-05-07 - Funding - Lunar Outpost raises $30M Series B for space robotics platforms - Lunar Outpost raised a $30 million Series B led by Industrious Ventures. The company said the capital will accelerate robotics and mobility platforms across a multi-year lunar and cislunar mission manifest. Lunar Outpost has eight contracted missions and is… - source: globenewswire.com
• 2025-03-06 - Capability - Lunar Outpost MAPP rover reaches lunar surface on IM-2 - MAPP reached the lunar surface as part of Lunar Outpost's Lunar Voyage 1 mission. The rover carried Nokia lunar cellular-network hardware. The lander came to rest off-nominally and MAPP was not deployed to drive across the surface. - source: lunaroutpost.com
• 2024-04-03 - Contract Award - NASA selects Lunar Outpost for LTV feasibility study - NASA selected Lunar Outpost as one of three companies to advance Lunar Terrain Vehicle concepts for Artemis. Lunar Outpost leads the Lunar Dawn team with partners including General Motors, Goodyear, MDA Space, and Leidos. The LTV work targets crewed and… - source: nasa.gov
• 2022-05-23 - Funding - Lunar Outpost closes $12 million seed round - Promus Ventures, Space Capital, Type 1 Ventures and Cathexis Ventures participated in the round. Explorer 1 principal Daniel Kleinman and Promus partner Gareth Keane joined the board. The company planned to expand engineering, manufacturing and lunar test… - source: lunaroutpost.com