{"id":118340,"date":"2021-07-13T19:53:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=118340"},"modified":"2021-07-14T18:08:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T12:38:02","slug":"nasas-viper-mission-to-map-water-other-resources-on-moon-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nasas-viper-mission-to-map-water-other-resources-on-moon-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s VIPER Mission to Map Water, Other Resources on Moon in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/gadgets.ndtv.com\/science\/news\/nasa-viper-moon-map-water-resource-mapping-mission-launch-date-2023-2483538\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">NDTV<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the News?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NASA has announced the launch of the Volatiles Investigating\u00a0Polar Exploration Rover(VIPER) Mission in 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About VIPER Mission:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">VIPER Mission\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is a mobile robot to be launched by NASA in the year 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It will be the first <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">resource mapping mission on any other celestial body.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Celestial Body<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is any natural body outside the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. Easy examples are the Moon, Sun, and the other planets of our solar system.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Objectives of the Mission:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To get a closer view of the Moon&#8217;s South Pole <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To evaluate the concentration of water as well as other potential resources on its surface<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To understand if it is possible for human life to sustain there, by using locally available resources.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Significance of the Mission:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">VIPER will directly analyze\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">water ice on the surface and subsurface of the Moon at varying depths and temperature conditions within four main soil environments.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The data VIPER\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">transmits back to Earth will be used to create resource maps helping scientists determine the location and concentration of water ice on the Moon.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These findings\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will inform future landing sites under the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-nasas-artemis-mission\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Artemis Mission\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by helping to determine locations where water and other \u202fresources can be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0NDTV\u00a0 What is the News?\u00a0 NASA has announced the launch of the Volatiles Investigating\u00a0Polar Exploration Rover(VIPER) Mission in 2023.\u00a0 About VIPER Mission:\u00a0 VIPER Mission\u00a0is a mobile robot to be launched by NASA in the year 2023.\u00a0 It will be the first resource mapping mission on any other celestial body.\u00a0 Celestial Body is any natural body&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nasas-viper-mission-to-map-water-other-resources-on-moon-in-2023\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NASA&#8217;s VIPER Mission to Map Water, Other Resources on Moon in 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10323,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700796861,"cached_date":1702989490},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}