VIPER – Spaceflight Now

September 24, 2022

Breaking News

[ September 24, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to another Starlink launch from Florida Falcon 9
[ September 24, 2022 ] NASA waves off Tuesday launch for Artemis moon rocket Artemis
[ September 24, 2022 ] Live coverage: Final Delta launch from California scheduled for Saturday Delta 4
[ September 23, 2022 ] Photos: Delta 4-Heavy rocket on the launch pad in California Delta 4
[ September 23, 2022 ] Historic launch pad faces uncertain future after final West Coast Delta 4 mission Delta 4

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.