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VIPER Robotic Moon Rover Assembly Underway

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Tom Patton
Mar 20, 2023
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Assembly of the VIPER robotic moon rover is underway at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. Engineers have affixed the rover’s lower chassis plate and the lower parts of the frame that will support all of VIPER – from the bottom of its wheels to the tip of its headlights. It all now sits atop a set of risers on a specialized lift table in a clean room…

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