Unlocking the Mysteries of the Moon’s Shadowed Regions
I. G. Lopez-Francos, V. T. Bickel, B Moseley, M. ShirleySpaceOps 2023
Mission / Moon
NASA · 2019–now · also Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover
NASA rover built to map water ice and other volatiles in and around permanently shadowed regions near the lunar south pole.
Official mission page3 papers naming VIPER
I. G. Lopez-Francos, V. T. Bickel, B Moseley, M. ShirleySpaceOps 2023
Simone Andolfo, Antonio Genova, Mohamed El Awag, Fabio Valerio Buonomo +2 moreIEEE Aerospace 2025 2 cited
P Agrawal, B J McDonald, M E Peterson, I Lopez-francos +3 moreLPSC 2024