NASA's Water-hunting Mission Getting Big Lift To The Moon - Central Florida News - Space

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by Brendan Byrne (WMFE)
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launches Arabsat-6A Mission from Kennedy Space Center. Photo: SpaceX
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A mission to search for water on the lunar surface is getting a big boost from SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. 
NASA’s VIPER mission is on the hunt for water ice on the surface of the moon and the agency asked Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic to get it there. The company said it secured SpaceX’s triple booster, 27-engine Falcon Heavy rocket to launch its Griffin lander along with the NASA rover to the moon.

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