NASA has decided to give the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Moon rover project another go after canceling the venture last year following delays and budget issues. The mission ...

NASA’s VIPER rover, once threatened by a canceled mission, has secured a fresh opportunity to explore the Moon. Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, has been selected to transport ...

In a recent update from NASA’s official blog, the VIPER rover (Volatiles Investigating Polar Explorer Rover) mission, initially aimed to be a partnership with private industry, has taken an unexpected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's VIPER, or the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, can be seen in this artist's impression. (Geopix/Alamy Stock ...

The VIPER moon mission scrapped by NASA last year could be going ahead after all thanks to Blue Origin, the space agency has announced. There was much dismay last July when increasing costs prompted ...

An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon by ...

A partnership with Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company will revive a previously canceled NASA mission to send the VIPER rover to the moon. Credit: NASA NASA just brought back from the dead a science ...

An artist’s conception shows NASA’s VIPER rover and Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 lander on the lunar surface. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA has selected Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture to help ...

It's not unusual for space missions to be scrubbed, repurposed, or delayed for whatever reasons, but what NASA has been doing over the past year or so with a little Moon rover called VIPER is ...

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It's not uncommon for space exploration missions to be scrubbed or repurposed, but what the American space agency NASA is doing with a little Moon rover called VIPER is getting ridiculous. Especially ...