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Bookmark or Share- Moon’s South Pole is Full of Mystery, Science, Intrigue - NASANASA has its sights set on the lunar South Pole area for the Artemis era of human lunar exploration. Extreme, contrasting conditions make it a challenging location for Earthlings to land, live, and work, but the region’s unique characteristics hold promise for unprecedented deep space scientific discoveries that could help us learn about our ...
- Pinpointing the Moon's South Pole - Moon: NASA ScienceThis visualization shows the precise location of the Moon’s South Pole in the system of lunar latitude and longitude adopted by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. More info & download options
- NASA SVS | Pinpointing the Moon's South PoleVisualization of the precise location of the lunar South Pole in the Moon Mean Earth coordinate system. Includes narration and music.
- Lunar South Pole Atlas - Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI)3D View of the Lunar South Pole and Two Potential Artemis Landing Sites. The lunar south pole (SP) occurs on the rim of the 21 kilometer-diameter Shackleton crater, shown here in an oblique view along a ridge that the Shackleton crater crosscuts.
- Lunar south pole - WikipediaThe lunar south pole is the southernmost point on the Moon. It is of interest to scientists because of the occurrence of water ice in permanently shadowed areas around it. The lunar south pole region features craters that are unique in that the near-constant sunlight does not reach their interior.
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