NASA · Aerospace · 2027
Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. Golf-cart-sized rover designed to search for water ice at the lunar south pole. Originally targeting a 2023 launch on Astrobotic's Griffin lander, then cancelled by NASA in July 2024 to cut costs, but revived in September 2025 with Blue Origin's Blue Moon Mark 1 as the new delivery vehicle. Will be the first rover specifically designed to operate in
| Category | Aerospace |
| Status | Development |
| Year | 2027 |
| Origin | USA |
| Height | 2000 mm |
| Weight | 430 kg |
| Payload | 50 kg |
| Speed | 0.22 m/s |
| Degrees of freedom | 4 |
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