The Canadian House Company (CSA) just lately invited media for an early night viewing of the Canadensys Aerospace lunar rover on the John H. Chapman House Centre analog website.

Canadian lunar rover practices

Within the video under, offered by the CSA to SpaceQ, is footage of the Canadensys Aerospace lunar rover on the John H. Chapman House Centre aside from the opening sequence. This compilation of footage is from varied dates in 2024.

The Canadensys developed lunar over mission to the moon is deliberate no sooner than 2026.

The lunar rover can be delivered to the south pole of the moon. It’s designed to outlive lunar nights that may last as long as 14 Earth days with temperatures reaching under -200 °C. The rover mass is 35 kg together with the science devices. It has a most pace of 20 cm/s (0.72 km/h) and is powered by photo voltaic vitality. It additionally has stereo cameras for navigation and distinctive 4-wheel skid-steer system.

The mission is supported by academia accross Canada and companions globally. From Canadian trade these firms made contributions: Bubble Expertise Industries; Leap Biosystems; Maya HTT; NGC Aerospace; Waves in House Company; RF Collins Consulting Included; and Encoded Mountain.

One Lunar Utility Car

Not lengthy after the media viewing of the lunar rover, the CSA posted the next pictures on their LinkedIn web page exhibiting one design of a Lunar Utility Car conducting operational exams, this one additionally from Canadensys Aerospace.

In July this 12 months, the CSA issued a Letter of Curiosity (LOI) notification for a Lunar Utility Car that may assist astronaut operations on the lunar floor as a part of the Artemis Program.

In response to the CSA, the Lunar Utility Car could possibly be designed for the next operations:

• Deal with logistics duties, equivalent to shifting cargo packages from their touchdown websites to the habitats and performing building actions (e.g. making ready touchdown pads and laying cables)
• Carry out science investigations that may allow the Artemis missions and Moon exploration as a complete, equivalent to scouting for navigation and surveying for ice or different assets
• Help astronauts throughout spacewalks on the lunar floor