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 ...

NASA announced it is canceling its Viper moon rover project due to high cost and launch delays. The Viper rover was meant to explore the moon's south pole in search of water. Astrobotic Technology ...

A Colorado-built moon rover set to notch up a number of historic firsts will not be completing its mission near the Lunar South Pole. Lunar Outpost’s Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform rover was ...

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PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) -- NASA said Wednesday it's canceling its water-seeking moon rover, citing cost overruns and launch delays. The Viper rover was supposed to launch in late 2023 aboard a lander ...

What just happened? Spending $450 million on a project only to see it scrapped would be a massive blow for any organization. That's the sad situation NASA finds itself in with its VIPER moon rover, ...

GOLDEN, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lunar Outpost today announced that its Australian subsidiary, Lunar Outpost Oceania, will lead the charge in building Australia’s first lunar rover. The project was ...

Hurtling towards the moon right now, safely stored in a garage held against the side of a lunar lander, is a suitcase-sized robotic rover from Colorado. And it's on course to make history, heralding ...

Canada has officially unveiled its first-ever lunar rover, marking a historic leap in the nation’s space exploration journey. Developed in collaboration between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and ...

Lunar Outpost has revised the design of the Lunar Dawn rover it is developing for NASA after Lockheed Martin left the team working on it. Credit: Lunar Outpost BREMEN, Germany — Lunar Outpost has ...

In a nutshell: What do you do if you spend $450 million on something, virtually complete it, but then decide to scrap the whole thing due to budgetary reasons? In the case of NASA's Viper moon rover, ...

NASA has a long history of spending big on bold ideas, only to see some of them stall, crash, or get quietly shelved. The story behind a $2 million “giant moon” that never fulfilled its original ...