The MAPP Rover Story | Drive Me to the Moon Documentary

For three years, Castrol has collaborated with Lunar Outpost to help create the Mission Control supporting their Lunar Voyage 1 mission. Their team has been embedded throughout the journey, capturing every moment and every milestone. Castrol is proud to present 'Drive Me To The Moon' – a firsthand look at Lunar Outpost's inaugural mission to the Moon.

Watch time: 1 hour 4 minutes

Supplier: Castrol

Posted date: Feb 24, 2026

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From the Apollo Missions to the International Space Station, Castrol has been advancing the space industry for 60+ years. Now, driving another ‘out of this world first’, they are supporting Lunar Outpost as they test the limits of space technology. For three years, Castrol has collaborated with Lunar Outpost to help create the Mission Control supporting their Lunar Voyage 1 mission. Their team has been embedded throughout the journey, capturing every moment and every milestone. Castrol is proud to present 'Drive Me To The Moon' – a firsthand look at Lunar Outpost's inaugural mission to the Moon. This documentary offers a rare look at what it truly takes to reach the Lunar South Pole. Castrol wants you to meet the people rewriting the rules of space exploration, discover the technology pushing boundaries beyond Earth, and witness the evolution of a rapidly changing space landscape. This is the story of the MAPP lunar rover. This is Lunar Voyage 1.

This video was previously featured on Castrol’s YouTube channel.

Video Transcript

Video Highlights:

00:00 Preparing to put a rover on the moon

01:40 Who are Lunar Outpost? Meet the team behind the rover

03:11 The history of mankind and the moon

04:30 The mission

05:36 The MAPP rover

10:30 Why are we going back to the Moon?

11:30 Why is mobility on the Moon important?

12:28 The South Pole of the Moon

13:30 Space travel and its impact on technology

17:25 How space travel has changed

21:25 Can humans live on the Moon?

24:10 Testing the MAPP rover

27:56 Engineering for the Moon’s environment

30:44 How Castrol’s lubricants support space technology

31:21 Castrol’s history in space

32:40 Lunar Voyage 1’s collaboration partners

34:48 The Lunar Outpost Mission Control Centre

37:50 Castrol’s role in Lunar Voyage 1

38:25 Developing vehicles for space (Eagle LTV, Hawk 1.0)

42:30 Preparing to launch MAPP to the Moon

45:52 SpaceX Mission IM-2 launch; MAPP goes to space

48:15 Celebrating MAPP’s launch survival

49:48 Did the MAPP rover land on the moon?

56:50 Developing the Eagle LTV

01:00:38 The future of space technology

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