Stereo imagery from the Moon

Astrobotic’s rover has dual video cameras for 3D views of the Moon in high definition.

Sample Apollo Moon images in 3D here.

High-resolution images of prototype robots

Below, Astrobotic and its partners at Carnegie Mellon University offer images of the prototype lunar robots built thus far.

The image below is the second prototype (P2), completed in summer 2008.  The team field-tested P2 through spring 2009, focusing on its wheels and drive mechanisms as well as operator control interfaces.  The image shows P2 operating in a slag heap near Pittsburgh with a lunar sky added.   Credit:  Astrobotic Technology

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The image below is the third prototype (P3), which is going through computer-based design and simulation evaluations now.  This image shows it after it has rolled off its gold-colored landing platform at the right, in the Sea of Tranquility near the Apollo 11 site.  Credit:  Astrobotic Technology

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The image below shows a design for a robot lunar excavator, to build berms around landing zones to trap the grit blown out when space vehicles land and take off near NASA’s planned human outpost.  Credit:  Astrobotic Technology / Mark Maxwell.

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