Co-founder and Moon rover builder @lunaroutpostinc. @MOXIEonMars scientist, @MIT PhD & @Mizzou grad. MIT @techreview 2023 #35under35
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Dr. Forrest E. Meyen retweeted
Portfolio company @LunarOutpostInc just got the NASA contract for the first human-rated lunar rover since Apollo. The roads don't exist yet — they're building the vehicle that will make them. 🌕
Congrats @StarlordCyrus @ForrestMeyen and the whole team!
Artemis Astronauts, meet your new ride: Pegasus.
@NASA has selected Lunar Outpost's Pegasus for a High Achievability Mission task order under its Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract, marking the first human-rated mobility on the Moon since Apollo. This award confirms Lunar Outpost’s leading role as the next generation mobility and infrastructure provider to advance permanent lunar operations.
The Lunar Outpost Pegasus LTV provides critical surface mobility for Astronauts operating at the Moon’s South Pole, expanding how far and long crews can traverse and operate on the lunar surface. Pegasus is designed to support a range of mission profiles, including site exploration, foundational science operations, resource prospecting, and surface site preparation as NASA lays the groundwork for a permanent human presence on the Moon by 2030.
The development of Pegasus was led by Lunar Outpost, in partnership with collaborators @GM, @goodyear, and @LeidosInc. The team combines proven heritage with decades of experience in advanced engineering, automotive industrialization, and human spaceflight.
Read more: lunaroutpost.com/post/nasa-s…
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Today, NASA selected @LunarOutpostInc to build and operate our Pegasus human-rated Lunar Terrain Vehicle, the successor to the LRV.
It feels like my whole career has been building to this moment.
In undergrad, I led the University of Missouri Hydrogen Car Team. A tough challenge to design and build a high-tech hydrogen fuel cell car in just 17 months for one driver to pilot in an endurance race.
At MIT, I studied spacesuit development with Dava Newman and Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman. My time as an EMT for the MIT Ambulance was its own sort of intro to mission ops. For my Ph.D., I helped develop the MOXIE instrument for the Perseverance rover, an instrument I later had the honor of operating on mission on Mars.
While at MIT, I also explored entrepreneurship, co-founding Raptor Maps and mentoring 60+ student teams through MIT’s Sandbox Innovation Fund.
It all came together at Lunar Outpost: spacesuits, vehicle engineering, science, and entrepreneurship. Building the machine that makes the machine.
I am deeply honored that NASA selected our team to build this vehicle. Honored to serve our country by helping astronauts explore the Moon and begin America’s Moon Base. And honored to be doing it alongside my co-founders Justin, Julian, AJ and the amazing team we have built at Lunar Outpost
There is a lot of exciting work ahead: hiring, designing, manufacturing, operating. But today, I am taking a moment to celebrate this milestone and reflect on what it means for the future of civilization.
Yeehaw! Lunar Outpost is one of the "Most Innovative Companies in Space" Thanks @FastCompany!
We are over the Moon to share that Lunar Outpost has been recognized as one of @FastCompany’s 2026 Most Innovative Companies in the Space Category!
From delivering a Space Truck for Artemis Astronauts to creating oxygen on Mars and operating the first-ever commercial rover on the lunar surface—with payloads from @nokia , @MIT, @juventusfc, @adidas, and more—Lunar Outpost is laying the foundation for a permanent human presence on the Moon and beyond.
With teams in Colorado, Texas, Luxembourg, and Australia, we are proud to be making history alongside NASA and some of the most impactful companies in human history.
Read more: fastcompany.com/91497302/spa…
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I am at Ignition.
President Trump gave the world the Artemis Program, and NASA and our partners have the plan to deliver. We will standardize architecture where possible, add missions and accelerate flight rate, execute in an evolutionary way, and safely return American astronauts to the Moon, this time to stay.
This is the NASA that once changed the world. This is the NASA that will do it again.
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Dr. Forrest E. Meyen retweeted
Pretty cool having our first other planetary experience being making Oxygen on Mars. Well done @ForrestMeyen 👏
Dr. Forrest E. Meyen retweeted
You can't fly to the Moon yet but you can look like you're planning the expedition.
The uniform is ready.
Are you?
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Happy Lunar New Year. Sounds like an important holiday for @LunarOutpostInc no?
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We've built a rover factory and production is accelerating. #lunaroutpost
The Eagle Lunar Terrain Vehicle leverages a proven record of reliable, commercially viable, and Artemis-ready lunar mobility.
All launching before 2030, each of Lunar Outpost's five rover missions adds critical capability that informs the most advanced human-rated rover ever developed: the Eagle LTV.
#LunarOutpost #DrivingArtemis #TheNextLeap #SpaceTech #Innovation
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Dr. Forrest E. Meyen retweeted
“Good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.”
Frank Borman, Commander of Apollo 8, transmitted from lunar orbit 55 years ago this evening.
While you all were taking photos of the northern lights above Denver, I was working on glamour shots of my goats. #farmlife
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Dr. Forrest E. Meyen retweeted
The Eagle LTV just landed in National Geographic 🌎
Following a behind-the-scenes look at our hardware, testing facilities, and Mission Control, Robin Andrews (@SquigglyVolcano) dives into the future of lunar mobility and the team driving it forward.
Read more: nationalgeographic.com/scien…
Proudly partnered with: @GM, @goodyear, @LeidosInc, and @MDA_space.
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It's not even Halloween yet and one kid has already puked from over eating candy from school. The other two are wrestling in their costumes and have about 5 more hours of sugar to burn off in their systems. Retweet if this has happened to you...its going to be a wild weekend.
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At the Von Braun Memorial dinner tonight benefiting the National Space Club and their scholarship recipients. It's an honor to be attending for @LunarOutpostInc and supporting this fundraiser for the future of space exploration.
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