Originally scheduled for a 2024 launch, the mission was halted due to financial constraints. Now, NASA is seeking private ...

The story of VIPER, with its twists and turns, proves the wisdom of NASA’s turn to the commercial sector for partnerships ...

Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency's Jet ...

Originally, the plan was straightforward: NASA wanted to send a rover to look for frozen water near the moon’s south pole. It hired a private company, Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh ...

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.

Astrolab's FLIP moon rover has replaced NASA's VIPER vehicle on the first-ever mission of Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander, which is scheduled to launch in late 2025.

After discontinuing the Moon mission in 2024, NASA’s VIPER mission update has the scientific community excited about a ...

NASA aims to revive the VIPER moon rover mission by seeking private firms to manage its deployment and exploration.

Three small NASA rovers that will explore the ... which will lower it via tether from the lander onto the dusty lunar surface. Engineers flipped each rover-deployer pair over and attached it ...

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 ...

NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover could fly to the moon after all — with some help from the private sector. The agency announced on Monday (Feb. 3) that it's seeking proposals from U.S. companies to ...