Originally, the plan was straightforward: NASA wanted to send a rover to look for frozen water near the moon’s south pole. It hired a private company, Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh ...

Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic has found a replacement rover to fly on the first-ever mission of its Griffin moon lander. Griffin was originally supposed to deliver NASA's ice-hunting VIPER ...

Last year, NASA canceled the VIPER (“Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover”) in a move that scandalized proponents of a return to the moon. The space agency was just $84 million ...