NASA X GM ARTEMIS LUNAR MOBILITY VEHICLE

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Design Manager - 2023

Team: Logan Phillips, Simon Wells, Jeff Bonner, Paul Arnone


Co-led rover concept design shortlisted by NASA for upcoming Artemis missions; partnered with Lockheed Martin and Goodyear.








BRINGING 
MOBILITY TO
THE MOON








THEN AND NOW


Building on the legacy of lunar exploration.

APOLLO PROGRAM (1961-1972)

A disposable vehicle designed to expand the territory each mission could explore.

Life cycle:        3 days
Power:             Single use battery
Autonomy:          None



ARTEMIS PROGRAM  (2017-2030) 

A long term mobility platform that can conduct work with or without astronauts day and night.

Life cycle:        10 years
Power:             Rechargable solar battery
Autonomy:          Full AV, Remote Operation, Manual control




LESSONS FROM APOLLO 


Apollo taught us what it takes to drive on the Moon: 

- design for relentless dust 
- build in redundancy 
- prioritize suit-friendly ergonomics
- maximize range and mobility 

Those lessons now shape the next generation rover for the Artemis era.












MISSION CRITICAL ERGONOMICS 


Our front entry layout prioritizes safety and ease of use in extreme environments. The layout can easily flex between human piloted mode and autonomous mode.









COLLABORATING WITH NASA

Side by side with NASA, our teams are turning decades of EV and autonomy know‑how into a lunar rover you can actually sit in, prototype and virtually ‘drive’ long before it rolls onto the Moon.








A MODULAR PLATFORM FOR SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

Built to survive the brutal 14‑day lunar night, when temperatures drop to -400F, this rover becomes a roaming science lab—mapping the surface and helping astronauts reach more samples, farther from base.










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