VIPER – Spaceflight Now

September 16, 2021

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[ September 16, 2021 ] Four private citizens ride SpaceX rocket into orbit on historic mission Falcon 9
[ September 15, 2021 ] Photos: Inspiration4’s rocket ready for launch on pad 39A Falcon 9
[ September 15, 2021 ] Live coverage: Inspiration4 streaks into orbit from Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ September 14, 2021 ] With tenth launch, OneWeb nears halfway mark in deploying satellite fleet Mission Reports
[ September 14, 2021 ] For the first time, NASA is a spectator for a U.S. crew mission to low Earth orbit Mission Reports

Astrobotic selects SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to launch robotic lunar lander

April 13, 2021

A commercial lunar lander built by Astrobotic will launch from the Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in late 2023 to deliver a water-hunting NASA rover to the moon’s south pole, officials announced Tuesday.

NASA’s VIPER rover in development for scouting mission to moon’s south pole

October 30, 2019

Building on a mission canceled last year, NASA is developing a mobile robot named VIPER for launch in 2022 to scout for water ice at the moon’s south pole, the same region where the agency aims to land astronauts by 2024.