"NASA's Moon Rover: On the Hunt for Ice"

NASA is assembling a golf cart-size rover called VIPER to search for ice deposits at the Moon's poles. The rover, scheduled to launch in November 2024, will explore dark polar craters where water ice is believed to be present. VIPER is designed with headlights to navigate these shadowed areas and will be operated in real-time, allowing scientists to control it like a drone. The rover will rely on battery power during its daring trips into the dark craters and will go into hibernation during periods when the Moon's south pole is out of view from Earth. The mission aims to determine the location and accessibility of water ice, which could be used for various purposes in future lunar exploration.