During Lunar Voyage 1, our MAPP rover and Lunar Outpost team accomplished over 30 key milestones including the following: 

• Lunar Outpost MAPP rover was the first US teleoperated rover operated on the lunar surface and in cislunar space, achieving Lunar Technology Readiness Level (TRL 9) for key rover subsystems.   

   

• Lunar Outpost’s Stargate Mission Control Software achieved flawless operation, reaching TRL 9. Stargate maintained an uptime of 99.998%, surpassing the requirements for human-rated, Class-A Programs such as NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle Program. This included flawless operation of cloud infrastructure, Lunar Outpost ZEBCHAT™ segmented and unsegmented telemetry, file loads, task manager, and vehicle commanding.  

   

• Lunar Outpost successfully managed the rover and received 57574 data points, downlinked multiple images, and sent 268 commands with a total lander network provided downlink of only 6 Mb for transit and surface ops combined.   

   

• Successful Spacecraft Mission Operations from Lunar Outpost’s Mission Control. Spacecraft operation milestones include:   

  • Lunar Orbit Operations of 77.1 hours  

  • Lunar Transit Operations of 132.2 hours  

  • Lunar Surface Shadowed Region Operations of 2.7 hours   

   

• Successful TRL9 demonstration of Lunar Outpost’s proprietary Fault Tolerant Flight Computer (FTFC) in the harsh environment of space, including a pass through the Van Allen Radiation belts and on a shadowed portion of the lunar surface. This computer successfully performed all vehicle management activities. The FTFC is a Lunar Outpost developed, high reliability computer that includes reliable FPGA, processor, memory, and motor controllers.   

   

• Successful TRL 9 demonstration of the rover’s high-performance navigation and payload computer and memory, including commanding and coordination with the Lunar Outpost’s Fault Tolerant Flight Computer.   

   

• Key autonomy systems and software achieved TRL 9, kept the rover healthy and prepared the rover for landing and drive off. Including software that manages:  

  • Vehicle states 

  • Data relay 

  • Communications 

  • Payload applications 

  • Robotic functions  

   

• Successful TRL 9 demonstration of our Autonomous Thermal Control System (ATCS), which maintained rover and payload temperatures within designed ranges during in-space transit and on the lunar surface.   

   

• Successful TRL 9 demonstration of MAPP Rover’s Stereo Navigation Cameras, which captured an image during transit, and compressed it using Lunar Outpost algorithms to transmit over an extremely narrow data allocation from the lander.   

   

• Successful launch, transit and landing demonstration of Lunar Outpost’s Patent-Pending Talon™ Rover Hold Down and Deployment System. This system successfully restrained the rover during launch and upon impact on the lunar surface.