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New VIPER lunar rover to map water ice on the moon – The Bisouv Network – The Bisouv Network
NASA is sending a mobile robot to the South Pole of the moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of water ice in the region and for the first time ever, actually sample the water ice at the same pole where the first woman and next man will land in 2024 under the Artemis program.
About the size of a golf cart, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, will roam several miles, using its four science instrumentsincluding a 1-meter drillto sample various soil…
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