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Marathon “Intrepid” Lunar Rover To Be Developed By First Mode And Arizona State University

Seattle-Based First Mode Engineering Company And Arizona State University Selected By NASA To Build Marathon Lunar Rover, Nicknamed Intrepid; Rover Will Travel 1,800 Km On Moon Surface Over Four Years Powered By Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator; 425-Kg Intrepid Will Carry 11 Instruments To Investigate Reiner Gamma Magnetic Anomaly, Marius Hills, Oceanus Procellarum And Aristarchus Crater; Principal Investigator Mark Robinson (L) Of ASU Is Also PI Of Successful Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Team (R)

Credits: First Mode, Arizona State University