Team Selenokhod is the first Russian team to enter the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. The team name is derived from Lunokhod – the famous Soviet space project. In 1970 and 1973 Lunokhod-1 and Lunokhod-2 respectively were delivered to the Moon. They became the first remote-controlled rovers had ever traveled on the moon surface in history of mankind.
The team’s vehicle, “Selenokhod,” is comprised of two parts – a lander with a communications system and two rovers. Selenokhod rover is a small four-wheeled solar powered rover. Each of the rovers contains four independent wheels, an HD camera, a solar panel, rechargeable batteries and a low-gain, omni-directional antenna to communicate with each other and the lander.
Team Selenokhod hopes to continue Russia’s leading example of space exploration by being the primary team to place the first private rover on the Moon.
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