Pakistan joins China Moon race with Jinnah-1 rover; mission in 2029

Pakistan has named its first lunar rover Jinnah-1 for a 2029 mission. The rover will join China's Chang'e-8 mission to study the Moon's south pole. Jinnah-1 will conduct scientific research on plasma, radiation, and lunar geology. This collaboration marks a significant milestone for Pakistan's space program. The missio

Jinnah-1 is scheduled to travel to the Moon in 2029 aboard China’s Chang’e-8 mission.

NASA is planning to send three small rovers to the Moon with a single instruction: Work out among yourselves how to explore a patch of ground. The Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration mission, or CADRE, will land on the side of the Moon facing Earth as part of NASA’s IM-3 launch, planned for late 2026

Pakistan's first lunar rover named 'Jinnah-1': Suparco  Dawn