# NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission (IG-22-010)
> **NASA OIG audit** · 2022-04-06
## Report
- **Type:** audit
- **Date:** 2022-04-06
- **Modified:** 2025-06-17
## Summary

Prior to landing humans on the Moon as part of the Artemis program, NASA is developing new science instruments to explore the lunar surface including VIPER, a rover that will survey the Moon’s water ice to see if people can “live off the land.” In this report, we assessed NASA’s management of the VIPER project.

## Source
- [NASA OIG report page](https://oig.nasa.gov/office-of-inspector-general-oig/ig-22-010/)
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