Engineers Test VIPER’s Very Nimble Gimbal

Engineers Test VIPER’s Very Nimble Gimbal

Jun 1, 2023

As VIPER, NASA’s next Moon rover, wheels about atop Mons Mouton – a large flat-topped mountain on the Moon’s South Pole – one small but mighty piece of hardware will be critical for the team of rover drivers and scientists to send it commands, know where it is going, and receive valuable science data: a gimbal-pointed high-gain antenna.

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