The six-wheeled concept also features deployable solar panels for recharging, ample communications equipment and a front winch for getting itself out of jams and other potential applications. Toyota and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a three-year joint research agreement to develop prototype fuel cell rovers for a lunar mission slated for 2029. The two companies will jointly build prototypes of their vehicles that can be used on future missions in order to test out new technologies needed by astronauts during long space missions. The collaboration, originally announced in March, is part of JAXA's broader lunar exploration programme.
Toyota and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a three-year joint research agreement to develop prototype fuel cell rovers for a lunar mission slated for 2029. The two companies will jointly build prototypes of their vehicles that can be used on future missions in order to test out new technologies needed by astronauts during long space missions. The collaboration, originally announced in March, is part of JAXA's broader lunar exploration programme.