The wheeled robotic vehicle, slated for launch next year, will investigate the Moon’s South Pole in advance of crewed missions.
is a four-wheeled robot whose mission is to find and study water ice on the Moon’s South Pole. The 1,000-pound rover is being assembled at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas., the rover’s lower chassis plate and parts of its frame have now been installed; it is literally the foundation on which the rest of the rover will be built.
“We’ve just completed the first few steps integrating rover components that will one day be on the surface of the Moon,” said David Petri, the system integration and test lead for the rover, in the release. “Hardware is coming in from all over the world, including some manufactured at several NASA centers—While VIPER is being assembled at Johnson Space Center, elements of the rover are being built elsewhere.
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