Blue Origin only bidder for new VIPER lander award

Blue Origin only bidder for new VIPER lander award

Blue Origin was the sole bidder for a NASA task order that revived a canceled lunar rover mission. The post Blue Origin only bidder for new VIPER lander award appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA picks Blue Origin to deliver VIPER to Moon

New Delhi: About a year ago, NASA cancelled its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission, that was headed to the Moon on board Astrobotic’s Griffin lander because of delayed development and potentially ballooning budgets. NASA had been evaluating alternative options for delivering the rover to the lunar surface, and has now awarded a contract to Blue origin as a Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) task order. The orde…

NASA’s VIPER Rover Gets a Second Chance to Hunt Moon Ice with Blue Origin

NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is back from the dead. After being cancelled in 2024 and pissing off scientists and lawmakers, NASA has contracted Blue Origin to take this golf cart sized rover to the moon’s south pole in late 2027. This is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program [...]