Astrobotic designing wheels for mobile moon outpost as part of NASA Artemis program

Astrobotic announced Tuesday it’s developing specialized wheels for a mobile lunar outpost, a critical component of the NASA-led Artemis moon exploration program. The Pittsburgh-based aerospace and ...
UPI

NASA needs to reinvent the wheel, so it's putting out a call to inventors, engineers

Sept. 3 (UPI) --NASA said Wednesday the "next era" of lunar exploration demands a new kind of wheel as the space agency unveiled its "Rock and Roll" challenge. The so-called "Rock and Roll with NASA" ...
SpaceNews

Researchers 3D Print Moon Rover Wheel Prototype With NASA

In just a few days, ORNL researchers used powder bed printing to create this lunar rover wheel based on a NASA design. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in ...
Space.com

NASA's gamma-ray observatory is in safe mode after a possible wheel failure

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Rocket Lab Expands Space Systems Footprint with New High Volume Reaction Wheel Production Facility

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”), global leader in launch and space systems, today announced that construction is underway on a ...