Surface Spacecraft - Factories in Space

List of commercial surface spacecraft including rovers, hoppers, drones for Moon, Mars and asteroids.

Last updated: 2024-07-31. Entries: 45

Name	Products & Services	Category	Service Type	Field	Status	Oneliner
Astrobotic (CubeRover)	CubeRover, MoonRanger	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development	CubeRover, an ultralight, rechargeable planetary rover developed by Astrobotic.
Astrolab Venturi	FLEX	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Mars Rover	Development	Astrolab is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We’re singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system.
Blastoff! (Spacelab)	Lunar 1	Commercial Rover, Commercial Lander	Commercial Rover, Commercial Lunar Lander, Space Entertainment	Lunar Rover	Dormant	Blastoff! Corporation was a small aerospace company in Pasadena, California, that operated from 1999 to early 2001 as one of dozens of Idealab's incubator companies, created to capitalize on the public interest in space travel and exploration.
Canadensys Aerospace Corporation		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover, Hardware	Moon	Development	Two different classes of small Canadian lunar science rovers – a nano-rover and a micro-rover.
Ceres Robotics	CR3 Rover	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover, Surface Habitats	Lunar Rover, Moon	Early stage	We are designing, building, and testing efficient landers and robots that make living and working off-world feasible and affordable.
Dereum Labs	Jaguar 1	Commercial Rover, ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining	Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing	Moon	Development	Jaguar-1 mission consists of carrying two rovers with a commercial payload to the Lunar surface.
Dymon	YAOKI	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon	Development	YAOKI is the lunar rover that will contribute to lunar development. It is the smallest, lightweight, and high-strength rover that will be sent to the Moon several times in a short period of time.
Exobotics		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Cancelled	Developing the world’s first modular roving platform, offering low-cost, high-performance solutions for lunar operation.
Finite Space		Commercial Rover, In-Space Manufacturing	Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), In-Space Manufacturing	-	Early stage, ?	Optimizing material usage and manufacturing processes on extraterrestrial bodies to enable self-sustainable colonies with constant human presence.
Four Point	Autonomous Transport Platform (ATP)	ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining, Raw Resources & Utilities, Commercial Rover	Space Mining, Resources - Asteroid Mining, Commercial Rover	Mining	Development, Concept	FourPoint will use its Autonomous Transport Platform (ATP) for the transport and delivery of sorted and filtered materials on the Moon.
Futura	DRACO	Surface Habitat	Commercial Rover, Space Construction Company, Space Construction Equipment, Robotic Arm, Landing Pads	Space Construction Company	Development	We are working to establish a self-sustaining space economy and make human life multi-planetary.
General Motors (GM)	Lunar Vehicle	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover	Concept	Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to develop a new type of lunar vehicle for NASA to use during its upcoming Artemis missions to the moon.
GITAI	R1	Commercial Rover, In-Space Manufacturing	Space Robotics, Commercial Rover, Robotic Arm, Hardware	Robot Astronaut, Lunar Rover	Development	GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases and cities on Mars.
GMV		Commercial Rover, On-Orbit Servicing	Commercial Rover, Space Robotics, Software, Hardware, Robotic Arm	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development
GURACORP	Gura Terra Space Rover	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover	Concept	The Terra is meant to be an extraterrestrial transportation and reconnaissance vehicle with a completely self-regulating life support system suitable for a crew of up to six members.
Intuitive Machines	Micro-Nova	Commercial Rover	Hopper, Drone, Moon Drone, Space Drone	-	Development	A small rocket-fueled drone, which will use its thrusters to hop across the lunar surface - then, for the 1st time ever, descend into pitch black craters.
Intuitive Machines		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover	Development	Intuitive Machines is completing its lunar program which will provide lunar surface access, lunar orbit delivery, and communications at lunar distance.
ispace	Rover	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development	The smallest and lightest planetary rover in the world.
Komatsu		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover, Space Construction Company, Space Construction Equipment	-	Concept, Development	Komatsu is developing an autonomous excavator to operate on the moon.
Leidos Dynetics	Dynetics Human Landing System	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon	Development	Unveiled a prototype crewed lunar rover at the 2023 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.
Lexus		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Idea	Lexus imagines space vehicles for humans on the Moon.
Lockheed Martin	Lunar Mobility Vehicle (LMV)	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon	Concept	General Motors and Lockheed announced in 2021 they were teaming up to work on a new lunar rover that would carry astronauts and their gear on the moon.
LunaCorp		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover, Advertising	Moon	Dormant	Aimed to send its own, unmanned Lunar Rover to the moon in 1999, financed entirely by the private sector.
Lunar Outpost	MAPP, HL-MAPP	Commercial Rover, Surface Habitat, ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining	Commercial Rover, Surface Habitats, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Software & Mission Control	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development	Robotic vehicles designed to explore and investigate key resources and characteristics on lunar surfaces.
Mawson Rovers		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon, Lunar Rover	Development	Mawson Rovers designs and builds robotic vehicles to support sustainable human exploration of space. Developing robots that help with construction, maintenance and inspection of lunar facilities and infrastructure.
Moog		Raw Resources & Utilities, Surface Vehicle	Space Mining, Space Resources, Lunar Excavator	Lunar Excavator, Moon	Concept	In 2022, the Moog team developed a robotic lunar excavator concept based on NASA’s targets for size, scale, and duration of a potential mission.
Moon Industry		Commercial Rover, ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining	Commercial Rover, Space Mining	Lunar Rover	Early stage	Space infrastructure systems from Earth for all planets. Discover our mining and transporting rovers. They can be used to mine on planets to produce water or to gather surface materials. The rovers can be deployed on earth as well.
Neurospace	HiveR, CubeRover	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development	We have set our goals on developing space technology enhanced by the capabilities of machine learning applications. With our latest development, we are setting our eyes on the Moon. Our redefinition of the concept of the Moon Rover will open up an unwalked path allowing new companies and ideas to set foot on our favorite satellite.
Nissan Motor Co	e-4ORCE	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon, Lunar Rover	Concept	Unveiled a lunar rover prototype jointly developed with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) at its Nissan Futures event.
Northrop Grumman	Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR)	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover	Concept
Origin Space	M2 Lunar Rover	ISRU, Raw Materials & Asteroid Mining, Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development	The M² Lunar Rover will have a 200kg payload carrying multispectral imaging, elemental detection, sample return, and other equipment for commercial exploration of lunar resources and verification of mining technology.
PTS (Planetary Transportation Systems)	Audi Quattro Lunar Rover	Commercial Rover	Commercial Lunar Lander, Commercial Rover	Moon, Lunar Rover	Concept	Meet the Audi Lunar Quattro. the PTS exploration rover are able to deploy and operate a series of scientific and technological payloads on the Moon.
Puli Space	Puli Lunar Rover	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Resources - Asteroid Mining	Space Arks, Moon, Water, Prospecting	Development	Demonstrate the operation and unique mobility capabilities of the Puli Lunar Rover.
Redwire (Deep Space Systems)		Commercial Rover, Commercial Lander	Commercial Rover, Hardware, ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization), Space Mining, Commercial Lander	Lunar Rover, Moon	Concept	In 2018, Deep Space Systems (now Redwire) was one of the nine companies selected for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
Space Applications Services	LUVMI, LUVMI-X	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	-	Development	The Lunar Volatiles Mobile Instrumentation (LUVMI) rover family provides a smart, low mass, innovative, modular and extendable platform designed to accommodate payloads and provide payload mobility on the Moon.
Spacebit	Asagumo	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development	Spacebit Is A British Privately Held Company Developing Space Robotics Technology For Lunar And Planetary Missions.
SpaceHopper	SpaceHopper	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Hopper	Development	Hopping Robot for Asteroid Exploration. Taking the Next Leap in Space Robotics. SpaceHopper: A legged robot for microgravity environments,
STELLS	MPR (Mobile Power Rover)	Commercial Rover, Space Utilities	Commercial Rover, Power Beaming, Resources - Energy	Lunar Rover, Wireless Power Transfer	Development	MPR-1 Mobile Power Rover (MPR-1) is a medium size rover scheduled to launch in 2024 to the South Pole of the Moon and provide power to other missions.
Team AngelicvM		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon	Cancelled	Google Lunar XPRIZE team from Chile, to the surface of the Moon on Astrobotic’s first lunar mission.
Team Indus		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover, Moon	Development	10kg Micro-Rover platform.
Teledyne Brown Engineering	Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV)	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon	Concept	Teledyne Brown Engineering announced that it is leading a team including Sierra Space and Nissan North America, to design the crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) that will support future exploration on the moon.
Tesla		Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Moon, Mars	Concept	Tesla Cybertruck on Mars: Elon Musk playfully ponders sending a pickup to the Red Planet.
Toyota	LUNAR CRUISER	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover	Development	JAXA and Toyota signed a joint research agreement to work on a manned pressurized lunar rover last year, on June 13, 2019, with an expected launch date in the latter half of the 2020s.
WeSpace Technologies	Lunar Autonomously Flying Robotic Systems	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover, Hopper, Drone, Moon Drone	Hopper	Development	The company aims to provide autonomous lunar hopper drones, which will deliver customer payloads to hard-to-reach regions of the moon.
Xtend Design (Tomas Rousek)	Luniaq	Commercial Rover	Commercial Rover	Lunar Rover	Concept	A Skoda Enyaq-inspired moon rover aptly called Luniaq. Announced during the Czech Space Week, the concept was presented in the largest virtual reality laboratory in Europe, the Virtuplex.

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