NASA’s VIPER rover, once threatened by a canceled mission, has secured a fresh opportunity to explore the Moon. Blue Origin, ...

NASA just brought back from the dead a science mission to the moon involving a water-seeking rover that many believed was already being disassembled and scrapped for parts. The U.S. space agency ...

It's been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed to three the field of competitors vying to build the nation's next moon ...

SpaceX's next mission to the moon, and the next launch of its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket, has slipped to no earlier ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Japanese space company ispace tapped carmaker Toyota to help it design its next-generation small lunar exploration rovers.

The VIPER moon mission scrapped by NASA last year could be going ahead after all thanks to Blue Origin, the space agency has announced. There was much dismay last July when increasing costs prompted ...

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 ...

The vehicle could help make hard-to-reach places on the moon more accessible to exploration. As humanity eyes returning to the moon, countries like the U.S. and China are working to develop key ...