{"city":"Golden","name":"Lunar Outpost","slug":"lunar-outpost","facts":[{"date":"2028-01-01","type":"deployment","value":"Rovers to be delivered via Blue Moon Mark 1 landers for lunar surface operations","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-12-31","type":"deployment","value":"NVIDIA Space-1 Vera Rubin module planned for Lunar Voyages 3 and 5 before the end of the decade","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-08","type":"partnership","value":"AEye Apollo lidar selected for Lunar Outpost's Pegasus lunar vehicle","source":"Electronics Weekly"},{"date":"2026-08-11","type":"senior_hire","value":"Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw appointed to the Board of Directors","source":"Lunar Outpost"},{"date":"2026-07-29","type":"contract","value":"NASA selected Lunar Outpost's Starweave proposal under the ACO","source":"Lunar Outpost"},{"date":"2026-07-24","type":"partnership","value":"Partnership with NVIDIA; 10 missions to the Moon and cislunar space planned before the end of the decade","source":"Payload"}],"peers":[{"name":"Firefly Aerospace","rank":13,"slug":"firefly-aerospace","score":"82.5"},{"name":"Intuitive Machines","rank":15,"slug":"intuitive-machines","score":"82"},{"name":"Astrolab","rank":71,"slug":"astrolab","score":"68"},{"name":"Astrobotic","rank":73,"slug":"astrobotic","score":"67.5"}],"stage":null,"state":"Colorado","aliases":[],"country":"United States","domains":[{"why":"Lunar Outpost develops and delivers lunar rovers, including Pegasus, Eagle and MAPP, for NASA and commercial lunar missions.","list":"Space 100","rank":53,"tier":"member","layer":"Planetary economy","total":73,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":6,"progress":10,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":9,"production":4,"technology":6},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Landers, rovers & surface transport"},{"why":"The company builds autonomous mobile robots for harsh outdoor environments, centered on lunar rovers that can operate with or without astronauts.","list":null,"rank":null,"tier":"watchlist","layer":null,"total":68,"domain":"Robotics","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":2,"position":10,"progress":9,"firepower":1,"commercial":7,"deployment":9,"production":9,"technology":7},"edition":null,"segment":null}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-14","header":"Beyond Earth Ventures lists Lunar Outpost in its investment portfolio.","outlet":"Beyond Earth Ventures"},{"date":"2026-09-08","header":"AEye’s Apollo lidar was selected for Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus lunar vehicle.","outlet":"Electronics Weekly"},{"date":"2026-08-11","header":"Retired Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw joined Lunar Outpost’s board.","outlet":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-08-11","header":"Lunar Outpost appointed Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw to its Board of Directors.","outlet":"Lunar Outpost"},{"date":"2026-08-10","header":"MDA Space joined the Lunar Outpost-led competition to build an Artemis astronaut rover.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-07-29","header":"Lunar Outpost has ten contracted missions scheduled through 2030.","outlet":"Lunar Outpost"}],"website":"https://lunaroutpost.com","category":"Space · Planetary economy","categories":[{"name":"Field & outdoor","domain":"Robotics","parent":"Robotics · Systems"},{"name":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Planetary economy"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:18:47.108753+00:00","facts_total":122,"positioning":"Lunar Outpost is a US lunar-rover company whose Pegasus crewed LTV (manual, autonomous, or teleoperated, >14.5 km/h) is the second of two NASA crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle selections (May 2026, ~$220M; team with General Motors, Goodyear, and Leidos), the redundant-capability procurement. Its MAPP rover flew on IM-2 in 2025 (reaching the surface aboard the lander's off-nominal landing). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m class (the LTV award recognized over performance).","sub_category":"Landers, rovers & surface transport","signals_total":111,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/lunar-outpost","title":"Lunar Outpost · space, Golden, Colorado, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Lunar Outpost develops and delivers lunar rovers, including Pegasus, Eagle and MAPP, for NASA and commercial lunar missions. Space 100 rank 53 (score 73) 111 signals and 122 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}