ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward

ESA selects ispace-Europe to build first European lunar rover

ESA has awarded ispace-Europe €65m to deliver MAGPIE, a lunar rover mission investigating water ice and volatiles at the Moon’s south pole.

ESA and ispace-Europe mark official signing of Europe's first lunar polar ice exploration rover mission

The European Space Agency and ispace-Europe S.A, the Luxembourg-based European entity of ispace, inc. marked the official signing of the Phase 2 agreement for MAGPIE, the Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration.

ESA’s first lunar rover rolls forward

Yesterday evening, during a signing ceremony at the Space for Inspiration event in Copenhagen, Denmark, the European Space Agency (ESA) and ispace-Europe celebrated the implementation of MAGPIE, set to be the first European rover on the Moon.