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NASA’s nearly complete yet canceled lunar rover VIPER isn’t going to get carried to the moon by a private space exploration company—but it’s also not quite dead yet ...

A model of the VIPER rover, which was supposed to launch in late 2023. NASA/Helen Arase Vargas NASA’s VIPER is designed to search for water ice around the Moon’s south pole. But instead of ...

NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission, initially set to explore the moon’s south pole for crucial water ice deposits, faced a significant setback when it was ...

The Viper (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration) vehicle at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 7, 2024. On July 17, 2024, NASA said it is canceling the water-seeking moon rover ...

Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million ...

After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to the lunar surface.

NASA had planned to operate VIPER itself, contracting with Astrobotic for delivering the rover to the south polar region of the moon through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.