Australian Space Agency

Roo-ver

Australia's first lunar rover, designed and built by Australian industry.

STATUS

UPCOMING

AGENCY

Australian Space Agency

MISSION TYPE

Lunar Rover

TARGET

Moon — South Polar Region

LAUNCH

2030

ARRIVAL / RETURN

2030

MISSION OVERVIEW

About the mission

Roo-ver is Australia's first Moon rover. The Australian Space Agency is working with Australian industry and NASA to develop the semi-autonomous rover for operations near the lunar south pole.

OBJECTIVES

What is it trying to achieve?

01Study the lunar surface.

02Collect new lunar surface data.

03Demonstrate Australian robotics and remote-operation capability.

04Support future sustainable lunar exploration.