Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

NASA announced in July its intent to cancel the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission, citing cost and schedule overruns and concerns of additional costs and delays in ...

NASA's much-delayed Moon rover, VIPER, is progressing toward a 2024 launch, with its project manager declaring the trundlebot half-built.… The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover ...

NASA's $450 million lunar explorer, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), will not be going to the Moon. Something else will be taking its place, though — and given the ...

NASA’s VIPER rover mission will hunt for traces of water on the Moon’s South Pole. Due to the angle of light and the dark terrain, NASA will equip the rover with headlights. This is the first ...

Endurance-A (A for "Astronaut") would deliver the sample cache to Artemis astronauts near the lunar south pole. The crew ...

This year, private space companies were put to the test. Some thrived under pressure, while others crashed and burned.

Well, US space agency Nasa is offering members of the public the chance to add their name to their lunar rover mission - VIPER. VIPER - which stands for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration ...

VIPER will ostensibly be NASA's first moon rover since the Apollo program ended in 1972. If successful, it'd be the first rover to explore the moon's mysterious south pole. The mission is the next ...

Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its deployment on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA ...