Lunar Outpost MAPP
About
About Lunar Outpost MAPP
MAPP is Lunar Outpost's configurable commercial rover for lunar mapping, resource detection, surface analysis and partner payload missions. Its shared mission architecture allows several commercial or research customers to share one mission and receive rover sensor data.
The first MAPP reached the Moon on Intuitive Machines' IM-2 mission in March 2025 and operated during transit and after landing, but the lander came to rest on its side and trapped the rover's garage, preventing surface deployment. Lunar Outpost continues to offer MAPP missions and has announced follow-on lunar assignments.
Timeline
- Lunar Outpost MAPP rover reaches lunar surface on IM-2
2025-03-06 - Capability - 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.
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