NASA’s VIPER Moon Mission Is Back On

Blue Origin wins NASA deal to ferry VIPER rover to lunar south pole

NASA's water-ice prospecting mission is getting a second life with Blue Origin.

NASA’s VIPER moon mission is back on

Canceled in 2024 over rising costs, the mission now has a well-known private backer.

NASA Revives VIPER Moon Mission, Rover To Launch With Blue Origin's Lander In 2027

The mission was cancelled in 2024.

NASA resurrects its VIPER moon rover for a 2027 mission with Blue Origin

NASA announced that it has selected Blue Origin to bring its VIPER rover to the moon, over a year after the project was scrapped.

NASA Couldn’t Get Its Rover to the Moon, So Blue Origin Will Do It Instead

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 exploration mission after it was called off last year. NASA contracted Blue Origin to transport its lunar rover to the Moon as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, was originall…

Blue Origin to Land NASA’s VIPER Rover on the Moon's South Pole in 2027

NASA chose Blue Origin to deliver the VIPER rover to the Moon’s South Pole by late 2027 under a $190 million CLPS contract. VIPER will explore permanently shadowed craters for water ice, a key resource for Artemis goals and sustainable human exploration on the lunar surface.