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NASA Delays Viper Moon Rover Mission to 2024 to 'Reduce Risk'

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NASA said it is delaying the launch of its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission from November 2023 to November 2024. The rover is designed to land near Nobile Crater in the south polar regions of the moon. NASA said that the additional tests are intended to reduce the risk of landing VIPER.

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NASA Delays Viper Moon Rover Mission to 2024 to 'Reduce Risk'

NASA will lay out more money for additional lunar lander testing.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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UPI

NASA delays VIPER lunar rover's launch by one year

NASA is delaying a major moon mission as it continues testing the spacecraft that will deliver a rover to the lunar surface in search of ice and other potential resources, the agency announced on Tuesday.

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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TechCrunch

NASA’s water-hunting rover launch delayed by one year, pushed to 2024 – TechCrunch

NASA’s big mission to hunt for water on the Moon has slipped by another year, to 2024, due to the agency requesting further testing of lander that will deliver the payload to the lunar surface.NASA selected Astrobotic as the commercial partner to develop the lander for this mission in 2020, through the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. While Astrobotic is providing the lander, NASA is developing the rover, VIPER, in-h…

2 years ago·United States

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Space

NASA delays ice-hunting VIPER moon rover launch to 2024, a one-year slip

The one-year delay to November 2024 is needed for more und testing of commercial moon lander that will carry it.

2 years ago·United States

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Space News

NASA delays VIPER lunar rover launch by a year

NASA has delayed the launch of an ice-prospecting lunar rover by a year to perform more testing of its commercial lander, the agency announced July 18.The post NASA delays VIPER lunar rover launch by a year appeared first on SpaceNews.

2 years ago·Mojave, United States

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