Tag: lunar_south_pole

Astrolab's FLIP rover to run first large language models on the moon

21 Oct 2026 8:10 a.m.

The 480-kilogram rover, launching as early as November, carries an HPE computer meant to test whether AI can navigate and decide in real time on the lunar surface.

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Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Reports on a New Space Race to Build Permanent Moon Bases

12 Oct 2026 5:37 a.m. · Source: MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review reports a renewed US-China race to the lunar surface, with NASA planning nuclear power, robots, and habitats at the moon's south pole by the 2030s.

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