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Moon RACER Activates Self-Driving Mode

Intuitive Machines' Rover Operating on Simulated Lunar Landscape

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Tom Patton
May 01, 2025
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Just over a year since receiving NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services feasibility assessment contract, the Intuitive Machines-led Moon RACER team has hit another milestone in its development timeline: successful integration and testing of its autonomous driving system.

“There are long stretches when astronauts are not present on the Moon and we believe…

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