Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

When NASA canceled its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project, it reached out to private companies to see if anyone in the commercial sector could complete the mission.

NASA's $450 million lunar explorer, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), will not be going to the Moon. Something else will be taking its place, though — and given the ...

The scientific community responded with surprise last month when NASA announced it would halt work on the VIPER lunar rover due to a budget shortfall. The rover, already complete and undergoing ...

Griffin will still conduct a Moon landing with a mass simulator in the rover's place, as a demonstration of its capabilities, for which NASA will pay the firm $323 million. VIPER, meanwhile ...

But VIPER may not make it off the surface of Earth. Citing budgetary concerns, NASA announced last month it was canceling plans to put VIPER on the moon — even though the agency has spent years ...

NASA has cancelled the VIPER program, which is known for its moon rover that would supposedly look for ice on the satellite.

Earlier this year, NASA’s most advanced lunar rover—the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover or VIPER—seemed to be on track to the moon. Engineers integrated the VIPER’s final ...

When NASA canceled its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project, it reached out to private companies to see if anyone in the commercial sector could complete the mission.

When NASA canceled its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project, it reached out to private companies to see if anyone in the commercial sector could complete the mission.

When NASA canceled its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project, it reached out to private companies to see if anyone in the commercial sector could complete the mission.