lunar rover

The lunar rover that allowed astronauts to traverse the moon’s surface was developed by the Polish-born Mieczyslaw G. Bekker and Ferenc Pavlics, a Hungarian.

Later Artemis missions plan to use a lunar rover to explore the Moon's south pole starting with Artemis V, currently scheduled for 2030.

In the space sector, Japan will provide and operate a "pressurised lunar rover", while the US will allow two Japanese astronauts to take part in Nasa's Artemis missions and - eventually - allow a Japanese astronaut to become the first non-American to land on the moon.

Last year, China’s Chang’e-4 mission landed a lunar rover on the far side of the moon – something that had never been done before.

Osinski also serves as principal investigator and scientific lead on Canada's first lunar rover, which is being designed and built by Canadensys Aerospace.