Japan's Planned Pressurized Rover for NASA Artemis Moon Exploration Program

Japan's Planned Pressurized Rover for NASA Artemis Moon Exploration Program

Artist's impression of JAXA's Pressurized Rover for the Artemis Program

A model of a pressurized lunar rover is seen during a briefing discussing the historic agreement signed April 9, 2024, at NASA Headquarters, between the United States and Japan to advance sustainable human exploration of the Moon, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) offices in Washington. Under the agreement, Japan will design, develop, and operate a pressurized rover for crewed and uncrewed exploration on the Moon. NASA will provide the launch and delivery of the rover to the Moon as well as two Japanese astronaut missions to the lunar surface. 

The Japanese rover will support extended expeditions from Artemis landing sites that are beyond the range of the Lunar Terrain Vehicle that three American companies are developing for NASA under contracts announced April 3. The rover is designed to accommodate two astronauts for up to 30 days, with an overall lifetime of 10 years.

Learn more about NASA's Artemis program:

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/

Image Credits: JAXA/Toyota/NASA/Bill Ingalls

Release Dates: April 9-10, 2024

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