跟进：NASA公布月球基地10月进展：VIPER探测车2027年赴月球南极 两款载人月球车2027年底交付
美国国家航空航天局（National Aeronautics and Space Administration，NASA）10月20日发布月球基地系列10月进展视频与说明，聚焦为月球南极地区研制的探测车与载人月球地形车（Lunar Terrain Vehicle，LTV）。NASA 表示，在月球基地建设的早期阶段，这些车辆将承担技术验证、航天员运输、地形测绘、科学考察与资源勘探，早期任务数据将用于改进后续的移动系统与长期驻月基础设施。
「月球车是我们月面移动战略的核心。」NASA 月球基地计划月面移动办公室主任 Robert Pickle 说，「它们的表现将为定义下一个探索时代的移动系统奠定基础，并最终决定我们能多有效地建设、运营和扩展长期探索所需的基础设施。」
NASA 的「挥发物调查极地探索车」（VIPER）将于2027年前往月球南极地区，进入永久阴影陨石坑，寻找水和其他对可持续探索至关重要的资源。VIPER 将由 Blue Moon Mark 1 着陆器送达月面，行驶超过18英里（30公里），采集南极地区的热环境、光照与地形数据，帮助科学家了解月球上水的来源与分布。任务运行由位于硅谷的 NASA Ames 研究中心负责，该中心团队正在模拟探测车在月面开始任务后的各种情形；探测车目前在休斯顿的 Johnson 航天中心，已完成建造、正进行最后测试，之后将运往佛罗里达州的 Kennedy 航天中心发射升空。
在载人月球车方面，NASA 已向 Astrolab 与 Lunar Outpost 两家公司下达任务订单，建造月球基地第一阶段的月球地形车，并由 Blue Origin 通过「商业月球有效载荷服务」（CLPS）计划在2028年前把车辆送达月球南极。车辆先期由地面远程操控，每天最远行驶3.7英里（6公里）测绘月面、制作高分辨率地图，并采集在极端环境中运行的数据，包括在温度低至零下334华氏度（零下203摄氏度）的永久阴影区进出时的光照、导航与能源保持情况。阿尔忒弥斯航天员抵达后将驾驶车辆在南极地质多样的地区采集样本带回地球；车辆每次任务最多支持三次月面行走，可运载176磅（80公斤）的样本与工具，单次充电续航最远6英里（10公里）。
两家公司的进度也在本期公布。Astrolab 的载人月球车 CLV-1 由其 FLEX 架构改型，已把一台样车交付 Axiom Space，由穿着阿尔忒弥斯月面服模拟服的航天员评估座舱设计与显示界面；该公司的首台机器人探测车 FLIP 将搭乘 Voyager Technologies 的 Griffin Mission One 于2026年底发射，先行测试 CLV-1 的轮胎、电池、无线电与相机等关键子系统。Lunar Outpost 的 Pegasus 载人月球车已向 Johnson 航天中心交付第三台静态样车，供穿加压服的航天员测试设计与乘员舒适度；其机器人探测车 MAPP 已于2025年在月球南极工作，第二台 MAPP 定于2027年初发射。未来几周，两家团队都将前往位于 Cleveland 的 NASA Glenn 研究中心，在模拟月面实验室测试无气车轮与弹簧网状轮胎的土壤力学与牵引表现。Lunar Outpost 定于10月完成其月球地形车的初步设计评审，Astrolab 定于12月底前完成；两家公司均按计划在2027年底向 NASA 交付可飞行的硬件。
NASA 表示，随着阿尔忒弥斯计划推进，航天员将前往月球南极执行难度递增的任务，在月面建立长期存在，并为首次载人火星任务打下基础。本站9月曾发布 NASA 月球基地计划半年进展，本篇为该系列的最新一期。
（GSM 据 NASA 官网发布与 NASA 官方视频）
NASA Moon Base October Update: VIPER Rover Heads to the Lunar South Pole in 2027, Crewed Terrain Vehicles Due by End of 2027
NASA on October 20 released the October installment of its Moon Base update series, a video and briefing focused on the robotic rovers and crewed lunar terrain vehicles (LTVs) being developed for the lunar South Pole region. During the early phases of Moon Base development, the agency said, these vehicles will run technology demonstrations, transport astronauts, map terrain, conduct scientific investigations and prospect for resources, with data from the early missions informing future mobility systems and the infrastructure needed to live and work on the Moon.
"Lunar rovers are central to our surface mobility strategy," said Robert Pickle, director of the Surface Mobility Office within NASA's Moon Base Program. "Their performance will lay the groundwork for the mobility systems that will define the next era of exploration and ultimately determine how effectively we can build, operate, and expand the infrastructure required for long-duration exploration."
NASA's VIPER rover (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) will travel to the lunar South Pole region in 2027, venturing into permanently shadowed craters to look for water and other resources essential for sustainable exploration. Delivered to the surface by a Blue Moon Mark 1 lander, VIPER will travel more than 18 miles (30 kilometers), collecting data on the thermal, lighting and terrain environment that could show how water is distributed on the Moon and how lunar resources could support the Moon Base. Mission operations will be run from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, where teams are simulating scenarios for the mission. The rover is now fully built and undergoing final testing at Johnson Space Center in Houston before traveling to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch.
For crewed mobility, NASA has awarded task orders to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost to build the first phase of lunar terrain vehicles, with Blue Origin tasked to deliver them to the lunar South Pole by 2028 through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. The vehicles will first be operated remotely from Earth, traversing up to 3.7 miles (6 kilometers) a day to map the surface, and will gather data on operating in an environment where permanently shadowed regions can reach minus 334 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 203 Celsius). Artemis astronauts will later drive the LTVs to gather geology samples; the vehicles can support up to three moonwalks per mission, carry up to 176 pounds (80 kilograms) of samples and tools, and travel up to six miles (10 kilometers) on a single battery charge.
Astrolab's Crewed Lunar Vehicle 1, or CLV-1, adapted from its FLEX architecture, has been delivered as a mockup to Axiom Space, where astronauts in mock Artemis spacesuits evaluated its cabin and display interfaces; the company's first robotic rover, FLIP, will fly as a payload on Voyager Technologies' Griffin Mission One in late 2026 to test subsystems shared with CLV-1. Lunar Outpost has delivered a third static mockup of its Pegasus crewed LTV to Johnson Space Center for suited crew testing; its robotic MAPP rover operated at the lunar South Pole in 2025, and a second MAPP is scheduled to launch in early 2027. In the coming weeks, both companies will test wheels and tires at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Lunar Outpost is scheduled to complete its LTV preliminary design review in October, Astrolab by the end of December, and both are on schedule to deliver flight-ready hardware to NASA at the end of 2027.
NASA said Artemis astronauts will fly increasingly difficult missions near the lunar South Pole as the agency establishes an enduring human presence on the Moon and builds the foundation for the first crewed mission to Mars. GSM published NASA's six-month Moon Base progress update in September; this is the latest installment in the series.
(GSM, based on NASA's release and the official NASA video)
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图片来源：图：NASA月球基地10月进展视频画面：航天员与月球地形车效果图。图片来源：美国国家航空航天局 NASA 官方发布。Photo: Artemis astronauts with a lunar terrain vehicle, from NASA's Moon Base October 2026 update video. Source: NASA.
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