{"id":886444,"date":"2026-09-10T03:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/886444\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T03:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:40:15","slug":"alta-luna-venturi-spaces-new-lunar-utility-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/886444\/","title":{"rendered":"ALTA LUNA, Venturi Space\u2019s New Lunar Utility Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Venturi Space unveils ALTA LUNA, a compact and manoeuvrable rover designed for local operationsaround future lunar bases. Designed to assist astronauts, it will also be able to carry out missions involving the handling and transport of payloads.<\/p>\n

At the International Space Summit, held in Paris on 9 and 10 September 2026, the team led by Gildo Pastor, President of Venturi Space, is presenting ALTA LUNA. This single-person lunar mobilityvehicle has been conceived as a local utility vehicle capable of operating close to habitats.<\/p>\n

With a target mass of 300 kg, ALTA LUNA\u2019s compact size gives it a high degree of manoeuvrability. The vehicle is also designed to offer particularly high obstacle-crossing capability.<\/p>\n

ALTA LUNA is designed to operate in two modes: with an astronaut on board or autonomously. In autonomous mode, navigation will rely on a combination of LiDAR, stereo cameras and artificial intelligence. AI will also be able to assist the astronaut in drivingthe vehicle.<\/p>\n

In autonomous mode, ALTA LUNA will be able to carry out operations including excavation, grading and terrain preparation, as well as site development and the creation of routes and basic infrastructure. It will also be able to transport payloads. Each vehiclewill be able to operate alone or in coordination with other ALTA LUNA vehicles. For certain operations, several vehicles will therefore be able to work together on the same task, pooling their efforts.<\/p>\n

The onboard electronic system is designed to connect to the astronaut\u2019s spacesuit and collect health data. If the astronaut becomes unwell, ALTA LUNA will be ableto return the astronaut autonomously to base. The interface will also provide the pilot with essential information for driving and mission safety, including alerts relating to the space environment, such as an approaching solar storm.<\/p>\n

With ALTA LUNA, Venturi Space is exploring a tracked mobility architecture for the first time as part of its lunar programmes. This choice has one specific objective: to allow the vehicle to climb steeper slopes than would be possible with a wheeled architecture.<\/p>\n

ALTA LUNA will use the battery and battery management system (BMS) developed by Venturi Space. These two technologies are integrated into Venturi Astrolab\u2019s CLV-1, which has been selected by NASA for the Artemis campaign.<\/p>\n

Fifteen months after unveiling the MONA LUNA rover, and as the launch of FLIP to the lunar South Pole approaches (*), Venturi Space continues to strengthen its position in the space industry, just five years after its creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venturi Space unveils ALTA LUNA, a compact and manoeuvrable rover designed for local operationsaround future lunar bases. Designed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[455976,64,63,455977,105,346975],"class_list":["post-886444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-alta-luna","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-lunar-utility-vehicle","tag-technology","tag-venturi-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=886444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/886444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/886445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=886444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=886444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=886444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}