Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its deployment on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA ...

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins takes Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Harrison “Jack” Schmitt on a ride on NASA’s rover prototype at Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA engineers at Johnson Space ...

NASA's new moon rover prototype successfully completed a test obstacle course simulating the rugged terrain of the lunar surface. NASA's new moon rover prototype successfully completed an obstacle ...

NASA’s nearly complete yet canceled lunar rover VIPER isn’t going to get carried to the moon by a private space exploration company—but it’s also not quite dead yet ...

Now, NASA is plotting a return to the Moon's surface that will include taking an all-new lunar rover with it, and it's just started testing out prototypes for its latest Moon buggy. Officially ...

NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover prototype, or VIPER, just got put through its paces during a lunar terrain test. Tuesday's press release showcased footage of the rover ...

Though little is known about Deimos, another European spacecraft recently captured unprecedented views of the moon's far side ...

NASA teamed up with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to test a prototype design for a pressurized lunar rover in the Northern Arizona desert in October, all part of a plan to have the ...

Recent tests using VIPER rover and Griffin lander prototypes conducted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley were designed to push VIPER’s systems to the limit to ...

MDF researchers printed the rover wheel prototype at ORNL ... meet the mission’s rigorous requirements. If NASA testing proves the 3D-printed prototype to be as robust as conventionally built ...

The Lunar Electric Rover is a prototype for the vehicle that NASA hopes to send with astronauts to the moon by 2020. NASA Brent Garry peers down from a National Air and Space Museum walkway at the ...