The story of VIPER, with its twists and turns, proves the wisdom of NASA’s turn to the commercial sector for partnerships ...

NASA is moving ahead with plans to partner with a company to deliver a rover to the surface of the moon after the agency canceled the mission last year.

After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to the lunar surface. By Kenneth Chang It’s like a confusing game of ...

and test ways of keeping lunar dust from interfering with landers. Type of craft: Lander and rover. Who's doing it?ispace, a Japanese lunar robotic exploration company. Launched ...

Astrolab has a contract with SpaceX to transport a larger rover, the Flexible Logistics and Exploration rover, in December of ...

Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency's Jet ...

Still, NASA opted to continue its CLIPS contract with Astrobotic to develop the landing skills needed for future Moon missions, but without the rover. The company planned to fly a payload simulator.

"NASA is looking forward to partnering with U.S. industry to meet the challenges of performing volatiles science in the lunar environment." NASA's ice-hunting VIPER rover could fly to the moon ...

Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million ...