MAGPIE Mission: ispace EUROPE To Explore Moon’s South Pole

Luxembourg space robotics firm ispace EUROPE will help develop the first in-situ European rover mission to prospect for lunar polar resources.

The company leads the MAGPIE (Mission for Advanced Geophysics and Polar Ice Exploration) consortium, a European-led lunar rover mission funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). 

Slated for 2028, the mission will travel to the Moon’s south polar region to investigate the presence of water ice, map the distribution of hydrogen, and study the geological history of this unique…