A U.K.-based startup announced details of its first moon rover which will be a tiny jumping spider in 2021
, this private endeavor will now attempt to reach the Moon after launching on a Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida in late 2021.
Spacebit’s rover will be powered by solar panels, while it also apparently has the ability to “jump” on the surface according to the company’s Tanasyuk, originally from Ukraine, says there are a lot of opportunities for space companies in the U.K.Tanasyuk says the rover, which will be the smallest rover to reach the Moon and the first to operate using legs, will take measurements and collect data on the surface. It is designed to last one lunar day on the Moon, or about ten days, before temperatures drop too low and it can no longer operate.
“We’ve been working on this for a couple of years now,” Tanasyuk, told me last month. “We’ve passed a preliminary design review and a critical design review. Now we’re kind of all set for the flight.”
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