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Mission / Moon

VIPER

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.

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Papers: 32
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Simulation, Digital Twins & Benchmarks6
Surface Mobility & Terramechanics6
Perception & State Estimation5
Learning-based Methods3
Manipulation & Grasping3
Design, Mechanisms & Hardware2

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LPSC7
IEEE Aerospace5
SpaceOps4
NASA Technical Report2
IAC1
ICES1

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Artemis6
CLPS3
Lunar Gateway3
Astrobee1
Chandrayaan1
Curiosity (MSL)1

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Dynamic Radioisotope Power System (DRPS) Design Reference Mission (DRM) Lunar Rover

Steven Oleson, Elizabeth Turnbull, Paul Schmitz, Kirby Runyon +14 moreNASA TM 2022Oct 1, 2022

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS VIPER Lunar Gateway

Oct 1, 2022

Dynamic Radioisotope Power System (DRPS) Permanently Shadowed Region (PSR) Demonstrator Rover

Steven Oleson, Paul C Schmitz, Kirby Runyon, Ben Bussey +13 moreNASA TM 2021Aug 1, 2021

Space × RoboticsPLANETARY ROBOTICS VIPER Lunar Gateway

Aug 1, 2021