NASA will send the VIPER rover to the Moon to scout the terrain and find water This will help in the long term sustainability of lunar missions and a future base It will land at the lunar south pole where craters are in permanent darkness It is thought that water ice is locked away in these ancient regions of the Moon The $433.5 million mission will pave the way for a crewed mission a year later The rover will operate on the lunar surface for 100 days and have headlights