The winner from two bids shortlisted to deliver Australia’s first lunar rover has been announced, with the ELO2 Consortium named on Tuesday to design, construct, test and operate the vehicle dubbed “Roo-ver”. The consortium to deliver Moon to Mars Initiative’s Trailblazer Stage 2 is led by EPE Oceania and Lunar Outpost Oceania and includes SMEs,…
Lunar rover prototypes built by the ELO2 Consortium – led by EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania – are on a tour of the nation, following the March unveiling in Adelaide of three vehicles built by the team. ELO2 is one of two teams vying to build the nation’s first lunar rover, along with the AROSE…
The ELO2 Consortium’s pioneering lunar rover prototype, the result of Australian ingenuity in remote operations of mining equipment and aspirations in space, was unveilled in Adelaide today and could be on the way to the Moon courtesy of a NASA mission. The prototype, to be named Roo-ver, is one of two being developed by different…
The New Zealand subsidiary of defence business EPE has been awarded a contract on reconnaissance and surveillance work for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF.) According to a statement from Brisbane-based EPE, EPE New Zealand will deliver the Exensor Flexnet Remote Ground Sensor (RGS) system in collaboration with Bertin Exensor. The RGS system is described…
The ELO2 consortium will today unveil a prototype of what could be chosen as Australia’s first lunar rover. Led by EPE and Lunar Outpost Oceania, ELO2 is one of two consortia chosen by the Australian Space Agency to develop early-stage design concepts for a Moon rover. ELO2 Technical Director with Lunar Outpost Oceania Joseph Kenrick…
Ben Sorensen explains the recently-launched Big Dipper Challenge, and its role as a doorway to the burgeoning space economy and its supply chain. In a bold leap for the Australian manufacturing sector and space exploration, the ELO2 Consortium has launched the Big Dipper Lunar Regolith Acquisition Challenge, a national initiative designed to propel Australia and…