NASA picks landing site for VIPER lunar roverby Jeff Foust — September 21, 2021 [SN]
NASA said Sept. 20 it selected a crater near the lunar south pole as the landing site for a rover called VIPER that will look for water ice at and below the surface. Credit: NASA/Daniel RutterWASHINGTON — NASA has selected a crater near the south pole of the moon as the landing site for a robotic rover to search for water ice that could be a resource for future human expeditions.
NASA announced Sept. 20 that its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission will land near the western edge of Nobile Crater, near the lunar south pole. VIPER is scheduled to arrive there in late 2023, delivered by Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander on a mission arranged through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
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