Newsroom

Five months after being unveiled at the Paris Air Show, the European lunar rover MONA LUNA has successfully completed a test campaign at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) LUNA centre in Cologne, Germany. A key outcome: the vehicle shows remarkable adaptability to loose soil, slopes, and obstacles.

Venturi Space unveils MONA LUNA, its 100% European-built lunar rover. Designed to support the ambitions of the European Space Agency and the French CNES, the vehicle will be built at Venturi Space France's facility in Toulouse. The ultimate aim is to provide Europe with a lunar-capable rover by 2030.

As part of the development of Venturi Space, now also established in France, the President of the Group, Gildo Pastor, has appointed the French astronaut Jean-François Clervoy as its ambassador.

Gildo Pastor, President of the Monegasque company Venturi Space, welcomed HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, the first person to have driven a rover on the Moon and Commander of the Apollo 15 mission General David Scott, and astronaut Jean-François Clervoy.

Venturi Space, and Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) announced their collaboration to produce a lunar rover, designed to respond to the growing number of institutional, businesses and scientific organizations in the U.S. and European markets, that are seeking access to the Moon for smaller payloads.

The American company Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab), a strategic partner of the Monegasque Venturi Group, has awarded a NASA contract to support the development of Artemis campaign’s lunar terrain vehicle.

Venturi Group presented its latest invention at the international Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France: a hyper-deformable Lunar wheel. Venturi Lab designed and manufactured the wheel using materials it created. The Venturi wheel is a world first.

The American company SpaceX will be responsible for transporting the rover, which will be the largest and most capable in the history of lunar vehicles. SpaceX will use its Starship launch and landing system to transport the astromobile to the lunar surface.