NASA Picks Blue Origin to Deliver VIPER Rover to Moon by 2027

NASA picks Blue Origin to deliver VIPER rover to Moon by 2027

NASA has tapped Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, for another major lunar mission under its Artemis programme, awarding it a potential $190 million contract to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole by late 2027. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will hunt for water ice and other volatile resources beneath the lunar surface, data which could help shape future missions to both the Moon and Mars. “Th…

NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award

NASA has revived a robotic lunar rover mission by selecting Blue Origin to deliver it to the moon’s south pole in 2027. The post NASA revives VIPER lunar rover mission with Blue Origin lander award appeared first on SpaceNews.

VIPER lives! Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will land ice-hunting NASA rover on the moon in 2027

NASA's ice-hunting VIPER moon rover has officially come back from the dead: Blue Origin will land the wheeled robot on the lunar surface in 2027, the agency announced today (Sept. 19).

NASA selects Blue Origin to take the once-canceled VIPER rover to the moon

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 by awarding Jeff Bezos’ company a task order under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. VIPER was once supposed to be the primary payload of Astrobotic’s yet-to-fly Griffin lander with a 2023 launch date for under $200 million. But NASA can…

Blue Origin to Land NASA’s VIPER Rover on Moon’s South Pole in 2027

NASA’s VIPER rover is set to journey to the Moon’s south pole, marking a pivotal step in the Artemis program for sustainable lunar exploration. This mission, which will hunt for water ice, highlights NASA’s growing partnership with private industry, particularly Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos. As detailed in NASA’s announcement, the contract with Blue Origin ensures VIPER’s delivery, advancing NASA’s goal of using lunar resources to support …

NASA selects Blue Origin to deliver VIPER Rover to the moon’s South Pole  – SatNews

As part of the agency’s Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the moon’s South Pole region. NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) will search for volatile resources, such as ice, on the lunar surface and collect science data to support future exploration at the moon and Mars. The CLPS task order has a total potential valu…