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NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.
After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to the lunar surface. By Kenneth Chang It’s like a confusing game of ...
Space.com9d
Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER ...
Astrobotic secures new lunar payload after NASA nixed rover last year
Astrolab has a contract with SpaceX to transport a larger rover, the Flexible Logistics and Exploration rover, in December of ...
SpaceNews11d
NASA requests industry proposals for VIPER lunar rover partnership
WASHINGTON — NASA is moving ahead with plans to partner with a company to deliver a rover to the surface of the moon after the agency canceled the mission last year. NASA released Feb. 3 an ...
Yahoo Finance11d
NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on ...