NASA selects Moon site for ice-hunting rover

Nasa will be landing the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) on the Moon's South Pole by 2023, in a mission to confirm the presence of water there. — NASA/AFP

NASA on Monday announced it would land an ice-seeking rover on a region of the Moon's South Pole called the Nobile Crater in 2023.

The space agency hopes the robot will confirm the presence of water ice just below the surface, which could one day be converted into rocket fuel for missions to Mars and deeper into the cosmos.