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Two variants of Endurance have been detailed: Endurance-R (R for “Robotic”) would deliver samples to a separately landed robotic Earth Return Vehicle (ERV).
Endurance-A (A for “Astronaut”) would deliver the sample cache to Artemis astronauts near the lunar south pole. The crew would analyze and triage the samples, and return a subset to Earth for analyses in terrestrial laboratories.
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Introducing Endurance: An Enduring Long-distance Robotic Lunar Rover

It is robotic moon machinery on steroids.

Tagged as the Endurance sample return mission, it would collect bits and pieces from key lunar locations for later retrieval by NASA Artemis moonwalkers.

Furthermore, high-value collectibles snagged from those distant spots would be hauled back to Earth by astronauts.

Mobility options

Endurance rover would traverse the gigantic South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin – a lunar landscape of promising geological surprises.
Image credit: NASA

NASA has begun blueprinting the Endurance rover to traverse the gigantic South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin – a wonderland of promising geological surprises.

At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), technical studies are underway to assess mobility options for a SPA sample return mission.

From a robotics standpoint – just how challenging is such an undertaking and how best to draw from rover missions of the past and those now underway?

For more information on this project, go to my new Space.com story — Meet Endurance, a pioneering NASA moon rover designed to survive the frigid lunar night – at:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/moon-rovers/meet-endurance-a-pioneering-nasa-moon-rover-designed-to-survive-the-frigid-lunar-night