Griffin lunar lander takes a test drive with NASA's VIPER

Jul 13, 2022

NASA’s VIPER team practiced driving the rover down Griffin’s sizeable ramps to mimic safely egressing onto the lunar surface. Griffin’s ramps were positioned in a range of average and worst-case inclines up to 33 degrees to thoroughly test how VIPER could exit the lander. To put this in perspective, Pittsburgh’s steepest residential street, Canton Avenue, is estimated to be a 29 degree slope