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NASA’s Viper mission

July 13, 2021
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In news- NASA will launch its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, in 2023 to get a closer view of the Moon’s South Pole and evaluate the concentration of water as well as other potential resources on its surface. 

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  • NASA is undertaking the mission to understand if it is possible for human life to sustain on the Moon, by using locally available resources. 
  • The VIPER mobile robot is NASA’s first mobile robotic mission to the Moon, and the first resource mapping mission on any other celestial body. 
  • NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services  (CLPS) will be providing the launch vehicle and lander and it is going to be a 100-day mission. 
  • VIPER measures 5 feet by 5 feet and weighs 430 kilograms.
  • VIPER will be the largest and heaviest payload delivered by a CLPS provider.
  • The Moon rover will directly analyse the water ice on the surface and sub-surface of the celestial body. 
  • The VIPER will also evaluate the same at varying depths and temperatures within four main soil environments on the moon.  
  • It will transmit the data to Earth which will then be utilised in the creation of resource maps. 
  • It will also help scientists determine the location and concentration of frozen water on the Moon and varied forms such as ice crystals or molecules chemically bound to other materials. 
  • VIPER’s findings will inform future landing sites under the Artemis program by helping to determine locations where water and other  resources can be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.
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