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 ...

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER ...

WASHINGTON — 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 released Feb.

$450 million is how much went into the creation of an ice-hunting Moon rover called ... exploration rover ever had in its arsenal. When it decided to scrub the rover NASA announced the four ...

"NASA is looking forward to partnering with U.S. industry to meet the challenges of performing volatiles science in the lunar environment." NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover could fly to the moon ...

The company had received a large "task order" from NASA to use this lander to deliver the VIPER robotic rover to the south pole of the Moon in 2025 worth more than $300 million. However ...

Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover to the moon's south polar region on its debut flight, which is scheduled to launch late this year. The agency canceled the ...

3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on the ...