MILAN — Venturi Astrolab, a company developing large lunar rovers for roles that include transporting astronauts on Artemis missions, will first fly a smaller rover primarily as a tech demo mission. In a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress here Oct. 15, Astrolab announced plans to build the FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform, or FLIP, rover for launch as soon as the end of 2025. The half-ton rover will have a payload capacity of 30 to 50 kilograms. A key purpose of FLIP is to test key systems for its larger…
