NASA announced Friday, Sept. 19, it is reviving its canceled water-hunting rover and has awarded Blue Origin a contract to deliver it to the Moon's South Pole in late 2027, a critical step in the ...
ORLANDO, Fla. – It’s been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed the field of competitors vying to build the nation’s next moon rover. Ahead of an expected mid-November decision, the three teams ...
As of spring 2026, China has named the two spacecraft that will carry its astronauts to the moon, advanced a competitive design process for a crewed lunar rover, and continued building a heavy-lift ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Artemis II mission will not land on the moon but will instead circle it to test NASA's Orion capsule. This historic mission will include the first woman, first Black man, and first Canadian to ...
Not long ago, Europe was very close to realizing one of its space exploration dreams: to put the wheels of a home-brewed rover on the surface of the Moon. That mission failed, but the dream is far ...
NASA’s moon exploration plans call for nearly 80 launches, nearly 75 landers, 10 moon buggies and one nuclear reactor ...
An expensive lunar rover that once had its moon trip canceled has a ride once again. NASA has selected Blue Origin to help get VIPER, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, to the moon ...