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You are here: Home1 / News2 / Company News3 / Michelin preparing to drive on the Moon

Michelin preparing to drive on the Moon

Date: 14th January 2022 Author: Stephen Goodchild Comments: 0
Fresh tyre tracks will adorn the lunar surface in 3 years’ time (Photo: Michelin)

One giant leap for Michelin. The French tyre maker has taken on the challenge to develop an airless tyre to equip the future Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV). It is working on this project in conjunction with the team formed by Northrop Grumman within the framework of a tender from NASA last November. The aim for the Michelin R&D teams is to make a tyre capable of resisting the extreme conditions at the lunar pole in order to explore the lunar surface and allow a sustainable presence on the Moon in 2025, and ultimately on Mars.

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