The agency wants more ground testing of the rover’s lunar lander.
delaying the flight of its VIPER rover
Standing for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, VIPER is a big component of NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send humans back to the Moon. The robotic rover is, in essence, a prospector. Equipped with specialized agile wheels, science instruments, and a drill,is designed to hunt for water ice that is thought to be located on the Moon’s surface in order to determine how much is up there, how spread out the water is, and what kind of shape the water is in.
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