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Valve problem blamed for Peregrine lunar lander failure
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WASHINGTON — Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander was unable to make it to the moon because of a failure of a single valve, ...
Intuitive Machines seeks to take over NASA’s VIPER lunar rover
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WASHINGTON — Intuitive Machines says it is organizing a coalition of organizations that will offer to take over a NASA lunar rover ...
Inside the scramble to save NASA’s half-billion-dollar, water-hunting moon rover
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A half-billion-dollar rover ...
NASA’s Viper moon rover gets its ‘neck’ and ‘head’ installed for mission later this year
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NASA”s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) has earned its “neck” and “head,” aka its “mast,” meaning it now stands proudly at ...
NASA’s ice-hunting VIPER moon rover getting ready to slither to the launch pad
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NASA’s next moon rover is one step closer to starting its lunar mission. The rolling robot, known as VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar ...
Send your name to the moon aboard NASA’s ice-hunting VIPER rover
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Your name could fly to the moon later this year. NASA is inviting you to put your name aboard its VIPER moon ...
From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024
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The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid ...
Watch NASA build its VIPER moon rover with these free online watch parties
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NASA’s first robotic moon rover is ready for final assembly and testing, and you can watch engineers bring the lunar explorer to ...