We are going to the Moon — but this time, to stay.
The To the Moon to Stay program brings together the MIT community to reimagine humanity’s return to the Moon. Our payloads will be deployed on a Lunar Outpost MAPP rover to the Lunar south polar region. The MAPP rover is carried by an Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander, which in turn rides aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Moon photos throughout site © Cosmic Background Photography
Who We Are
Learn who’s who in our lunar mission
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Work With Us
Support our work and help us as we lead MIT to the Moon
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AstroAnt Payload
A miniature robotic swarm
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Camera Payload
Assessing analog extreme environments
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HUMANS Payload
Humanity United with MIT Art and Nanotechnology in Space
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Operating in the Lunar Environment
Learn about the course that started this whole mission
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Lunar Outpost
MAPP Rover
See it in action
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The Moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars.
— Arthur C. Clarke, The View from Serendip (1977)