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The ispace moon lander was displayed in Washington DC.

The rover will have to survive an extreme environment on the lunar surface.

Australia is sending a rover to the Moon to get… water?

As the moon rotates relative to the Sun, it experiences day and night cycles, just like Earth.

But one day on the Moon lasts 29.5 Earth days.

Advanced space-grade aluminum developed in Australia will help protect it from damage.

The ispace moon lander was displayed in Washington DC. Courtesy of Australian Embassy staff

Like the one used by NASA, this testbed can mimic the physical and chemical conditions on the Moon.

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The TechLab antenna chamber at the The University of Technology Sydney is being used to test communication signals which will be critical to this mission.