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SUMMARY:🚀 New Glenn | Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 2 & VIPER – NET 202
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LOCATION:Launch Complex 36A\, Cape Canaveral SFS\, FL\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Blue Origin · New Glenn\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/result
 s?search_query=New+Glenn+%7C+Blue+Moon+Pathfinder+Mission+2+%26+VIPER+laun
 ch+live\n\n2nd of the National Team’s Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander test mi
 ssions to validate the necessary technologies for its HLS lunar module. So
 me of the life support hardware will travel on this mission in preparation
  for the first crew Blue Moon flight.
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\nThis mission will also carry NA
 SA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) lunar rover
 . VIPER is designed to explore the relatively nearby but extreme environme
 nt of the Moon in search of ice and other potential resources. This mobile
  robot will land at the South Pole of the Moon on a 100-day mission\, in o
 rder to teach us about the origin and distribution of water on the Moon an
 d help determine how we can harvest the Moon's resources for future human 
 space exploration.
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\nVIPER is designed to roam the Moon using its three
  instruments and a 1 meter long drill to detect and analyze various lunar 
 soil environments at a range of depths and temperatures. The rover can ven
 ture into permanently shadowed craters\, some of the coldest spots in the 
 solar system\, where ice reserves have endured for billions of years.
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 nThe rover was originally slated to launch on Astrobotic’s Griffin Missi
 on One lunar lander (with the Falcon Heavy rocket)\, but the VIPER mission
  was cancelled in July 2024 due to budget cuts. After consulting with the 
 industry to find alternative ways to deliver the rover to the lunar surfac
 e\, NASA ultimately chose to launch it with Blue Origin’s 2nd Blue Moon 
 MK1 lander mission.
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