{"id":140144,"date":"2025-02-05T03:06:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140144"},"modified":"2025-02-05T03:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:06:56","slug":"nasa-seeking-good-home-for-viper-moon-rover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140144","title":{"rendered":"NASA seeking good home for VIPER Moon rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FILE: NASA visualization shows the Moon&#8217;s phases in 2025 (NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a> is seeking a new owner for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon<\/a> rover after canceling plans to send its robotic mission to the lunar surface in search of ice.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">VIPER, which stands for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a payload part of NASA\u2019s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program flying on a private company\u2019s mission. The small rover was designed to look for water in the polar regions on the Moon.\u00a0However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-cancels-viper-moon-rover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA management scrapped the mission last summer<\/a> due to budgetary constraints and delays.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-02-04-at-12.10.13-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-02-04-at-12.10.13-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-02-04-at-12.10.13-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-02-04-at-12.10.13-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-04-at-12.10.13-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-02-04-at-12.10.13-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-04-at-12.10.13-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"NASA\u2019s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) sits outside a testing chamber after completing its thermal vacuum testing in the fall of 2024.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">NASA\u2019s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) sits outside a testing chamber after completing its thermal vacuum testing in the fall of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (NASA\/JSC David DeHoyos \/ NASA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">NASA management said these delays could have ripple effects, increasing costs and threatening other CLPS missions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/firefly-aerospace-moon-lander-spacex-nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The agency launched its third CLIPS mission<\/a> in January, flying with Firefly Aerospace\u2019s Blue Ghost lander to the Moon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">With a perfectly good robot ready to roll, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-presses-forward-search-for-viper-moon-rover-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA put out a request<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.<\/a> private space companies for proposals to take over the mission in partnership with the space agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">NASA said that under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, the space agency and its industry partner will contribute services, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> and hardware to the collaboration. The VIPER rover would be part of the agreement in &#8220;as-is&#8221; condition. Selected partners could not disassemble the rover and use it for parts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/lunar-lander-captures-earth-eclipse-image-roadtrip-moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LUNAR LANDER CAPTURES EARTH-ECLIPSE IMAGE ON ROAD TRIP TO THE MOON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The company that takes over the mission would be responsible for launching and landing the rover.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/288\/162\/vipe.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/576\/324\/vipe.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/720\/405\/vipe.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1440\/810\/vipe.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/668\/376\/vipe.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1336\/752\/vipe.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/668\/376\/vipe.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"NASA Artemis lunar rover\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">NASA&#8217;s Artemis lunar rover, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (NASA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Interested parties must submit their proposals by March 3. NASA expects to decide on the VIPER mission this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Agency officials said NASA saved about $84 million on development and additional operational costs by not proceeding with the mission to the Moon alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">VIPER was scheduled to be delivered to the surface of the Moon by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/peregrine-moon-lander-burn-up-earth-atmosphere-ending-astrobotic-first-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astrobotic<\/a>\u2019s Griffin lander. The space agency said it will still fly NASA science on the Astrobotic mission in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-seeking-good-home-moon-rover\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE: NASA visualization shows the Moon&#8217;s phases in 2025 (NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA is seeking a new owner for its Moon rover after canceling plans to send its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140144\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9472],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weather","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}