NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.
After the space agency canceled its VIPER rover, an empty space was available on a private spacecraft that will still head to ...
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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
Griffin's upcoming debut will be the second lunar mission for Astrobotic. The company's smaller Peregrine moon lander ...
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NASA Is Literally Giving a Moon Rover Away, But Only to American Companies
Space missions get canceled almost all the time, so nothing spectacular there. But when the American space agency pulls the plug on a project for which it had already spent $450 million, it finds ...
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Yutu-2 rover likely immobile on the moon after historic lunar far side mission
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NASA, Industry Partner On VIPER Moon Rover Mission
NASA has announced the next step in its effort to establish a public/private partnership to land and operate the agency’s ...
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NASA Presses Forward Search for VIPER Moon Rover Partner
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To advance plans of securing a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA's VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on ...
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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission
Artist's illustration of Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander and Astrolab's FLIP rover on the moon. | Credit: Astrobotic/Astrolab Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to ...