Lunar Outpost

Lunar Outpost (company)

Lunar Outpost is a private space company headquartered in Golden, Colorado, US. It is active in the areas of space robotics, lunar surface mobility, and space resources. The company developed the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover, which operated at the lunar South Pole in 2025, and holds a contract to develop a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for the Artemis Program.

Moonbase

A moonbase is a human outpost on or beneath the surface of the Moon. More than a mere site of activity or temporary camp, moonbases are extraterrestrial bases, supporting robotic or human activity, by providing surface infrastructure. Missions to the Moon have realized single-mission bases, as well as some small permanent infrastructure like lunar laser ranging installations.

lunar

Adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
2. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.

Noun

1. The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
2. An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.

outpost

Noun

1. A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
2. The body of troops manning such a post.