A five-kilogram robot designed and built in Luxembourg could satisfy a pioneering business deal - going to the moon, scooping up hundreds of grams of lunar dirt and delivering it to Nasa for tests needed to build future human colonies.
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Luxembourg-based CEO of Ispace Europe, Julien Lamamy (left) helps unveil the company's moon roving robot during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday © Photo credit: Emery P. Dalesio, from Ispace YouTube channel
