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VIPER back from the dead? NASA asks US companies to partner on ice-hunting moon rover
NASA is asking U.S. companies for proposals to move forward with the ice-hunting VIPER moon rover, a $450 million project the agency canceled last summer.
NASA requests industry proposals for VIPER lunar rover partnership
NASA is moving ahead with plans to partner with a company to deliver a rover to the surface of the moon after the agency canceled the mission last year.
NASA Seeks Industry Partner for VIPER Lunar Exploration
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, VIPER will be equipped with instruments to explore the lunar surface, particularly to search for ice. The mission aims to determine the location of ice that astronauts can potentially use in future missions. The agency also intends to understand how the moon and its surface evolved.
NASA Is Literally Giving a Moon Rover Away, But Only to American Companies
American space agency NASA is looking for a U.S. company to fly the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon and do science
NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner
To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on the Moon in collaboration with industry the agency announced Monday it is seeking U.
VIPER Mission Update—NASA Seeks Partners for the Moon Rover
After discontinuing the Moon mission in 2024, NASA’s VIPER mission update has the scientific community excited about a potential revival.
NASA Seeks Partner for VIPER Moon Rover Project
NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) sits outside a testing chamber after completing its thermal vacuum testing in the fall
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NASA's VIPER robotic moon rover team raises its mighty mast
NASA's VIPER—short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover—now stands taller and more capable than ever, thanks to its mast. VIPER's mast, and the suite of instruments affixed ...
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NASA's Viper moon rover gets its 'neck' and 'head' installed for mission later this year
NASA''s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) has earned its "neck" and "head," aka its "mast," meaning ...
Space Robotics Leader Says Humans Will Soon Join Robots On Moon, Mars
A world-leading designer of space robots says gigantic new rockets being tested by billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ...