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last mo.

NASA’s ERNEST Rover Completes 16‑Mile Autonomous Desert Traverse

The March field trial validated active suspension paired with reinforcement-learning autonomy to enable faster, longer surface missions to the Moon or Mars.

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3mo ago

Study Warns Moonquakes and Thrust Faults Endanger Long-Term Lunar Habitats

Lunar Exploration

NASA’s ERNEST Rover Completes 16‑Mile Autonomous Desert Traverse

Study Finds Shallow North-to-South Impact Shaped the Moon’s Largest Basin

Study Finds Lunar Polar Ice Built Up Over Billions of Years

NASA Orbiter Spots Rare New 225-Meter Crater on the Moon

Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

Study Warns Moonquakes and Thrust Faults Endanger Long-Term Lunar Habitats