Tenacious Micro Rover
ispace
TENACIOUS is a lightweight micro rover developed by ispace-EUROPE (Luxembourg subsidiary), making it the first European-designed, manufactured, and assembled lunar rover, co-funded by the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and ESA. Built on a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) frame, it measures 54 cm long x 31.5 cm wide x 26 cm tall and weighs approximately 5 […]
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 5 kg
- Payload capacity
- 1 kg
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As published by the supplier
- Length
- 54 cm
- Width
- 31.5 cm
- Height
- 26 cm
- Mass
- ~5 kg
- Payload capacity
- Up to 1 kg
- Frame material
- Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP)
- Wheels
- 4 (optimized for lunar regolith)
- Camera
- Forward-mounted HD camera
- Sample tool
- Small regolith collection shovel
- Communication
- Via RESILIENCE lander relay (S-band)
- Manufacturer
- ispace-EUROPE (Luxembourg)
- Funding
- Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) + ESA
- Flight heritage
- First European-designed and built lunar rover
About
TENACIOUS is a lightweight micro rover developed by ispace-EUROPE (Luxembourg subsidiary), making it the first European-designed, manufactured, and assembled lunar rover, co-funded by the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and ESA. Built on a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) frame, it measures 54 cm long x 31.5 cm wide x 26 cm tall and weighs approximately 5 kg, with four wheels optimized for traversal across loose lunar regolith. The rover was designed to be deployed from the RESILIENCE lander onto the lunar surface via a ramp mechanism, then autonomously navigate the landing site, collect regolith samples with a small shovel, and image its surroundings with a forward-mounted HD camera. All communications were routed via the RESILIENCE lander acting as a relay to the mission operations center on Earth. TENACIOUS flew aboard HAKUTO-R Mission 2 (launched January 15, 2025) but was unable to deploy following the RESILIENCE lander’s hard landing on June 5, 2025; the mission nonetheless demonstrated successful in-orbit operations and the rover’s engineering heritage remains intact for future missions.
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