International Moon Day

 A newly designed 1/5 scale model will be exhibited at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan "Future Life Village" We have updated the design of the Pressurized Rover (our nickname: Lunar Cruiser). At the pavilion "Future Life Village" of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, which will open on April 13, a 1/5 scale model of the new design will be on display as a part of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) exhibit "Standing on the Moon. And beyond..."

After more than two years of work, Australian-led consortium ELO2 has won the contract to build and operate our nation’s first lunar rover – which gives us a closer look at the technology headed for the Moon. The semi-autonomous vehicle, named Roo-ver by the Australian public , will travel to the Moon later this decade in support of NASA’s Artemis program. The ELO2 consortium building it through the Agency’s $42m investment is co-led by EPE Oceania and Lunar Outpost Oceania. Among the consortium are ten different Australian universities; local space companies like Inovor Technologies, Saber Astronautics, and Element Robotics; and educational outreach organisations such as One Giant Leap Australia. The lunar rover will collect regolith (lunar soil) , and in collaboration with NASA, use this resource in establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon. Suffice to say, the significance of this mission extends even beyond writing a new page in Australian history. Back down to business...