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Detailed explanation-1: -What is NASA’s VIPER Mission? The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is a planned rover mission to be sent to the Moon by NASA as part of the Artemis program. The mission is scheduled to launch in 2023 and will land on the Moon’s south pole to search for and map water ice deposits.

Detailed explanation-2: -This mobile robot will land at the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 on a 100-day mission. The critical information it provides will teach us about the origin and distribution of water on the Moon and help determine how we can harvest the Moon’s resources for future human space exploration.

Detailed explanation-3: -NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is a mobile robot that will go to the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of water ice that could eventually be harvested to sustain human exploration on the Moon, Mars - and beyond.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lunokhod 1 (Russian: -1 ("Moonwalker 1"), also known as 8 № 203 ("Device 8EL No. 203")) was the first of two robotic lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program. The Luna 17 spacecraft carried Lunokhod 1 to the Moon in 1970.