The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Lunar Outpost: 2 models, 1 deployment across 1 region, $42.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
CategorySpace
Overview
Lunar Outpost is a company headquartered in Arvada, Colorado, USA. It was founded in 2017 and is currently active.
Reality check
Artemis IV DUSTER (company-claimed)
Its MAPP rover was selected to support NASA's Artemis IV DUSTER study of lunar dust and plasma, with CU Boulder, UCF and UC Berkeley.
Lunar Voyage 2 (company-claimed)
A MAPP rover, delivered spaceflight-ready over two and a half years earlier, is planned to launch in 2026 to Reiner Gamma.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries B post-money
Data & sources
Web sources
3
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV)
Lunar Outpost's Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) is an unpressurized crewed/uncrewed lunar rover being developed for NASA's Artemis program, building on the company's MAPP rover heritage.
Current platform
MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform)
Commercial lunar micro-rover designed for autonomous prospecting; first American commercial robotic rover sent toward the Moon.
Partnerships
Every company Lunar Outpost has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NASA1× joint
Most recent
- Lunar Outpost x NASA2025-01-01with NASAoperating
Lunar Outpost on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Mar 2025. Explore where Lunar Outpost's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Lunar Outpost deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Justin Cyrus Founder and CEOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Justin Cyrussolefounded 2017-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Lunar Outpost.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Lunar Outpost1 deployment
Recent coverage
Lunar Outpost in third-party press
Peers
56 peers across 1 segment. Every Lunar Outpost competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
space(56)
36 companies in this segment · low_concentration (HHI 1188.742650389188) · leader K2 Space at 2172%
- Airbusdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astrobotic Technologydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Astroscaledirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Boeingdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China Manned Space Agencydirect competitor(inferred)strong
- China National Space Administrationdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (7)
Registry pages whose text names Lunar Outpost.
Financial state
- Total funding
- $42.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Lunar Outpost has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Lunar Outpost x NASA2025-01-01with NASAoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1NASA1× joint
Funding rounds (3)
Lunar Outpost’s 2 disclosed rounds, $42M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series B2025-01-01
$30M(reported) · $240M post
Investors: Industrious Ventures (lead)
- Series A2024-11-13
Investors: Type One Ventures (lead), Industrious Ventures (lead), Promus Ventures
- Seed2022-05-24
$12M · $48M post
Investors: Explorer 1 Fund (lead), Type One Ventures, Promus Ventures, Space Capital
Timeline
Every recorded move in Lunar Outpost’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2025-01-01Series B raising $30000000
PartnershipLunar Outpost x NASA
2025-01-01NASA awarded Lunar Outpost 20M to build and deliver the first phase of Lunar Terrain Vehicles (LTVs) for moon base operations.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2024-11-13Series A
Funding roundSeed funding round
2022-05-24Seed raising $12000000
Key hireJustin Cyrus joins as Founder and CEO
2017-01-01Justin Cyrus appointed Founder and CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Lunar Outpost MAPP rover overview
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 6, 2025
MAPP (Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform) at The Moon
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Lunar Outpost.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Lunar Outpost from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission
A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of NASA’s efforts to establish a Moon Base, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at the agency’s…
NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base
Editor’s note: This release was updated on Sept. 30, 2026, to correct the name of the DISCO payload. NASA selected three new scientific investigations and their payload suites to…
Pegasus Lunar Rover Turns to LiDAR for Autonomous Moon Mobility
Pegasus Lunar Rover Turns to LiDAR for Autonomous Moon Mobility AEye’s Apollo long-range lidar is heading for the Moon. Lunar Outpost has selected the solid-state sensor for…
Lunar Outpost Joins ESA’s Moonraker Mission in 2030
Lunar Outpost Europe will develop thermal management solutions to help Moonraker withstand the wide temperature swings in lunar orbit. The post Lunar Outpost Joins ESA’s Moonraker…
Lunar Outpost Secures 0M Series B
Lunar Outpost raised a 0M Series B led by Industrious Ventures to build off-planet mobility and in-space infrastructure, including lunar rovers for NASA missions.
NASA Awards Lunar Outpost 20M for Lunar Terrain Vehicle
NASA awarded Lunar Outpost 20M to build and deliver the first phase of Lunar Terrain Vehicles (LTVs) for moon base operations.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/lunar-outpost.md
- RSS feed: /companies/lunar-outpost/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/75b521e1-ca85-405c-b651-4ce6c90e1bd4
- Revision history: /companies/lunar-outpost/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- AstroForge3 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- Blackswan Space3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory3 models
Video
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Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Lunar Outpost draws attention at the 53rd percentile but verifies reality at the 24th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +28.5, 13th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 19, 2026