NASA Awards VIPER Delivery Contract to Blue Origin

Task Order Has a Total Potential Value of $190 Million

NASA has awarded Blue Origin of Kent, Washington, a CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) task order with an option to deliver a rover to the Moon’s South Pole region as part of the Artemis program. NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) will search for volatile resources, such as ice, on the lunar surface and collect science …