A new video breaks down how the NASA Lunar Rover worked, and it’s a fascinating reminder of just how strange and clever this ...

NASA is preparing what may be its best chance yet at another Moon landing. The VIPER rover is designed to search for water ice in permanently shadowed craters near the lunar south pole. This mission ...

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 ...

If the Artemis program achieves NASA's goal of returning astronauts to the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17, the people making the trip will eventually be joined by a new lunar rover.

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

NASA’s water-hunting lunar rover was given a second chance to reach the surface of the Moon. Blue Origin will deliver VIPER to the Moon on an upcoming lunar lander mission, resurrecting the ...

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 ...

It’s been more than 18 months since NASA narrowed to three the field of competitors vying to build the nation’s next moon rover. Ahead of an expected mid-November decision, the teams have completed a ...

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 ...

NASA is counting down to a historic moment: the return of astronauts beyond low Earth orbit for the first time since 1972.