Blue Origin to Land NASA’s VIPER Rover on the Moon’s South Pole in 2027

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September 25, 2025

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NASA chose Blue Origin to deliver the VIPER rover to the Moon’s South Pole by late 2027 under a $190 million CLPS contract. VIPER will explore permanently shadowed craters for water ice, a key resource for Artemis goals and sustainable human exploration on the lunar surface.

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ISS Experiment Shows Moss Spores Can Survive Harsh Space Environment

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November 24, 2025

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A hardy moss species survived 283 days on the outside of the ISS, enduring vacuum, radiation and extreme temperatures. More than 80% of its spores lived and germinated back on Earth. The findings reveal surprising resilience in early land plants and may support future Moon and Mars ecosystem designs.

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Metal-Rich Rock on Mars: What You Need to Know

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November 24, 2025

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified Phippsaksla, a sculpted, metal-rich boulder in Jezero Crater with an unusually high iron-nickel composition. The rock’s chemistry strongly suggests it is a meteorite formed elsewhere in the solar system. Its presence within impact-shaped terrain offers fresh clues about ancient asteroids and helps scientists reconstruct key…

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Asteroid 2024 YR4: Earth Safe, but New Data Shows Small 2032 Lunar Impact Risk

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November 24, 2025

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been cleared as an Earth threat, but updated observations show a small chance it could hit the Moon in 2032. Space agencies are monitoring the asteroid closely, expecting new data to narrow uncertainties and determine whether the lunar-impact probability will drop or rise.