{"id":673771,"date":"2025-06-06T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/europe-will-have-to-be-more-tenacious-to-land-its-first-rover-on-the-moon\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:40:16","slug":"europe-will-have-to-be-more-tenacious-to-land-its-first-rover-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europe-will-have-to-be-more-tenacious-to-land-its-first-rover-on-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe will have to be more Tenacious to land its first rover on the moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e5b7da6bf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e5b7da6bf\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europe-will-have-to-be-more-tenacious-to-land-its-first-rover-on-the-moon\/#An_unusual_payload\" >An unusual payload<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europe likely just suffered a setback in its attempt to reach another milestone in the commercial race to use lunar resources.\u00a0Tenacious, which was set to become the first European-made rover to land on the moon, was aboard a lander that lost contact during its landing attempt \u2014 a strong sign <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/moon-landing-likely-failed-japan-ispace-resilience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">that something went wrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If confirmed, this would be the second failed mission of the HAKUTO-R commercial lunar exploration program, two years after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/ispace-s-missing-lander-shows-how-hard-it-is-to-touch-d-1850374179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a previous crash that had already shattered hopes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This loss will be particularly felt in Japan; ispace, the company behind HAKUTO-R and the currently missing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/whats-flying-to-the-moon-on-ispaces-resilience-lunar-lander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Resilience lander<\/a> that carried Tenacious, is a publicly listed Japanese company. But it is also a blow to Europe: The European Space Agency (ESA) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Enabling_Support\/Operations\/ESA_Ground_Stations\/ESA_supports_Moon_mission_carrying_first_European_rover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">supported<\/a> the mission; and the rover was designed, assembled, tested, and manufactured by ispace-EUROPE out of Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luxembourg isn\u2019t just ispace-EUROPE\u2019s base \u2014 it\u2019s the reason the entity was created in 2017. As part of its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/spaceresources.lu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SpaceResources.lu<\/a> initiative, the tiny country became the second in the world after the U.S. to adopt a law giving companies the right to own resources extracted from space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had Tenacious\u2019 Luxembourg-based operators managed to drive it around on the moon, the rover would have captured video and gathered data. One of its missions would have been to collect lunar soil, called regolith, as part of a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ispace-inc.com\/news-en\/?p=3696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">contract with NASA<\/a>, to which it was supposed to transfer ownership of the samples.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think this will be very helpful to nail down what it means to commercialize space resources and how to do this on a larger scale, both in terms of volume and of global participation and coordination,\u201d ispace-EUROPE CEO Julien Lamamy told TechCrunch on the eve of the landing attempt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winning such a contract from NASA was also a first for a European company. But it took some coaxing to get Lamamy to brag about the agile team of 50 people from 30 nationalities that made this unique little rover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a resume that includes time at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and MIT, Lamamy is not one to boast. In our conversation, he admitted he had to \u201cchannel his inner American\u201d to explain his team\u2019s achievements. But that\u2019s also because ispace is willfully collaborative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, the lightweight scoop that was meant to collect regolith for NASA was made by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geodrillinginternational.com\/site-investigation\/news-articles\/4395991\/epiroc-partner-ispace-launches-moon-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Epiroc<\/a>, a mining equipment provider out of Sweden. \u201cWe could have done this ourselves. Instead, we saw the opportunity to engage a terrestrial industry to think about space,\u201d Lamamy said. \u201cThe more people participate, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More people are participating in Luxembourg\u2019s space ecosystem, too. The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) was established in 2018, and the country actively supports the sector, which has gone from niche to mainstream since the Space Resources Law was adopted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven better than that, there are many companies now established downstream of ispace in the value chain,\u201d Lamamy said. He cited the example of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.magnapetra.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Magna Petra<\/a>, a startup <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ispace-inc.com\/news-en\/?p=6537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">partnering<\/a> with ispace on \u200b\u200bmining Helium-3, a rarefied resource, from the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur ambition is to develop a space sector that is highly integrated with our industries on earth and opens up new market opportunities, both in space and on Earth,\u201d Luxembourg\u2019s Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism, Lex Delles, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ispace-inc.com\/news-en\/?p=5593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said in a comment<\/a> when ispace-EUROPE announced the completion of its rover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That ambition is being fueled by money. Tenacious was developed with co-funding from the LSA\u00a0through an ESA contract with the Luxembourg National Space Program, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/space-agency.public.lu\/en\/funding\/terms-of-participation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">LuxIMPULSE<\/a>. Tax incentives or direct aids are available both for startups and for multinational companies, according to research from Deloitte <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deloitte.com\/lu\/en\/Industries\/technology\/research\/luxembourg-space-industry-companies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">on Luxembourg\u2019s space industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-unusual-payload\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_unusual_payload\"><\/span>An unusual payload<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3376\" height=\"2832\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3015344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg 3376w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=150,126 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=300,252 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=768,644 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=680,570 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=1200,1007 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=1280,1074 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=430,361 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=720,604 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=900,755 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=800,671 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=1536,1288 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=2048,1718 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=668,560 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=447,375 447w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=736,617 736w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=633,531 633w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/M2-TENACIOUS-Rover-with-Moonhouse.jpg?resize=50,42 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3376px) 100vw, 3376px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>ispace<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tenacious was designed to be both small and light, weighing about five kilograms \u2014 half the weight of NASA\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sojourner_(rover)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sojourner Mars rover<\/a>. By selecting mass-efficient and power-efficient components, Lamamy explained, his team was able to build a very small system that is cheaper to manufacture and to send to the moon. This made its payload inherently limited, but designed to reach up to one kilogram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the Resilience mission, Tenacious\u2019 payload included the scoop required for the NASA mission, and perhaps unexpectedly, a miniature red house. Known as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themoonhouse.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Moonhouse<\/a>, this small sculpture of a Swedish cottage was supposed to symbolically become the first house on the moon, a project that artist Mikael Genberg has been pursuing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/first-house-moon-land-the-moonhouse-mikael-genberg-05-26-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">since 1999<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not about <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> or politics, it\u2019s about reminding us of what we all share \u2014 our humanity, our imagination, and our longing for home. A red house gazing back at \u201cThe Pale Blue Dot,\u201d as Carl Sagan once described our fragile planet,\u201d The Moonhouse\u2019s site stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lamamy\u2019s team had prepared to be in charge of successfully dropping and photographing The Moonhouse in a good spot, and took the role seriously. As part of the rover testing it conducted on Earth, both on its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/today.rtl.lu\/news\/luxembourg\/a\/2301968.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">testing site in Luxembourg<\/a> and in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/ispace-europe_ispace-tenacious-mission2-activity-7332753067710324736-UML2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">several European locations<\/a>, including Spain\u2019s Canary Islands, the operators had rehearsed the procedure several times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although poetic, this may have seemed less of a priority to NASA, but not to Lamamy. \u201cThat\u2019s an interesting paradigm shift; yes, we\u2019re going to the moon to improve our knowledge of the moon from a scientific and commercial perspective, but we are also there to open access to artists, entrepreneurs, educators, and that\u2019s also a very exciting element to the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, this will now likely have to wait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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