VIPER

-85.420° -31.270° · Mons Mouton

Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. Water ice prospecting.

Trajectory

Delivered to Mons Mouton by Astrobotic's Griffin lander on a direct lunar transfer. The 430 kg solar-powered rover is built for a 100-day surface mission across permanently-shadowed regions, drilling for water ice with the TRIDENT drill and characterizing volatile distribution across the south polar terrain.

Source: NASA / Astrobotic

Details

Operator: NASA
Operator: NASA
Country: United States
Era: modern
Duration: 3.3 months