![]() ![]() The critical information it provides will teach us about the origin and distribution of water on the Moon and help determine how we can harvest the Moon’s resources for future human space exploration. This mobile robot will land at the South Pole of the Moon in late 2023 on an approximately 100-day mission. ![]() NASA’s lunar rover, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, will explore the relatively nearby but extreme environment of the Moon in search of water ice and other potential resources. For more information about VIPER please see the mission overview below and follow the link to NASA’s website. We are excited to be a part of this historic mission for a return to the Moon. VIPER will be the first rover with headlights so special attention has been paid to optimize the cameras for this purpose. VIPER is NASA’s first mobile robotic mission to the Moon, and will carry a TRIDENT drill and scientific instruments that enable it to directly analyze water ice on the surface and. An ice-hunting moon rover, called VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover), is expected to launch no sooner than 2024. Similar to the Mars rovers, VIPER will be equipped with six Hazcams to monitor the perimeter around the rover and two mast mounted Navcams to provide navigation. About a year after the PRIME-1 mission, NASA will send an exploratory rover Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER to the surface. A new NASA moon rover prototype is practicing for its big day. As part of the confirmation review, known as Key Decision Point C, NASA set a formal cost commitment. The camera suite is a complete system including sensors, optics and a video processing module and is designed to provide high performance while minimizing power consumption and system mass. At the time NASA announced VIPER in October 2019, it projected a cost of about 250 million. ![]() MCSE’s decades long experience from deep space and planetary missions have made us uniquely prepared to design and deliver a system meeting NASA’s stringent mission requirement. The system from MCSE will provide the “eyes” for the rover to navigate the difficult terrain of the Moon’s south-pole helping to find the safest route while avoiding obstacles. And VIPER has a head start, since the would-be mission builds on previous NASA development conducted as part of a project called Resource Prospector, which was axed in 2018. We are delighted and proud to announce that Micro Cameras & Space Exploration (MCSE) has been selected to supply the camera system for NASA’s latest lunar rover, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER). ![]()
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