It's a twofold milestone: the first landing near the south pole and the first lunar touchdown for India. India is now the fourth nation to land on the moon, following the U.S., Russia/Soviet Union ...

Astronomers are excited to be poring over the first ever detailed geological map of the moon’s south polar region, where India’s Chandrayaan-3 lunar module, Vikram, touched down on August 23 ...

In recent years, scientists have focused on the potential of the lunar south pole as a vast source of water ice. Now, new observations from China’s Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical ...

Several lunar rovers are also riding along with the Athena spacecraft, including a suitcase-sized vehicle designed to roam around the landing site and snap 3D images of the moon's south polar terrain.

Once the sun sets on the lunar south pole and frigid temperatures take hold, ... The observations will contribute to producing the best-yet maps of water on the lunar surface, according to NASA.

The incoming space rock passed over the lunar south pole before hitting, creating a huge basin and sending streams of boulders hurtling at a speed of nearly 1 mile a second (1 kilometer a second).

The lunar south pole is of particular interest to NASA because water ice is thought to be relatively abundant in the area’s permanently shadowed craters. That water could aid in the effort to ...

The lunar south pole is of particular interest to NASA because water ice is thought to be relatively abundant in the area’s permanently shadowed craters. That water could aid in the effort to ...

A robotic moon lander is set to launch into space this week, marking the second lunar mission for a company that made history a year ago by becoming the first private company to successfully land ...

A robotic moon lander is set to launch into space this week, marking the second lunar mission for a company that made history a year ago by becoming the first private company to successfully land ...