Lockheed Martin And General Motors Join Hands To Develop Rover For NASA's Artemis Missions To Moon

Lockheed Martin and General Motors have come together to develop lunar rovers for NASA's upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon. Rick Ambrose, Executive Vice-President, Lockheed Martin, said in a statement that surface mobility was critical to enabling and sustaining long-term exploration of the lunar surface. Interestingly, the days and nights on the lunar surface are just under 14 days long unlike Earth and Mars. Lockheed Martin has a rich legacy and history of working with NASA and it looks forward to further leveraging that with the newly proposed rover. Kirk Shireman, Vice-President, Lunar Exploration Campaigns at Lockheed Martin, said that their goal was to build an affordable vehicle, which exceeds our customer requirements, and that too rapidly.