Astrobotic, CMU unveil lunar rover
Posted: Wed, Nov 26, 2014, 7:55 AM ET (1255 GMT)
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) unveiled Monday a lunar rover that it will provide to a team competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. The rover, named "Andy" after CMU founders Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon, is solar-powered and weighs 33 kilograms, and features stereoscopic cameras. The rover will be a part of a lunar lander being developed by Astrobotic Technology, a company competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE. The company plans to launch the mission by the end of 2015.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) unveiled Monday a lunar rover that it will provide to a team competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. The rover, named "Andy" after CMU founders Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon, is solar-powered and weighs 33 kilograms, and features stereoscopic cameras. The rover will be a part of a lunar lander being developed by Astrobotic Technology, a company competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE. The company plans to launch the mission by the end of 2015.
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