The Lunar Open-source Rover Standard (LORS) creates a shared framework for designing, building, and operating lunar rovers—like CubeSat standards did for satellites. Every team builds rovers differently, wasting time and money. LORS changes this by researching what standards exist, mapping who’s building rovers, and creating a roadmap for an open standard everyone can use. This Phase 1 is a research—collecting all the relevant information in one place and making a plan. When finished, anyone—from students to startups—will have a clear path to build compatible lunar rovers without starting from zero.