The map is expected to throw new light on ... was the first mission to land in a high-latitude polar region of the moon, 630 km from the south pole, and scientists considered it the best bet ...
Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...
The Moon’s south pole is of particular interest due to its ... it creates precise topographical maps of the Moon’s terrain. Unlike traditional cameras reliant on sunlight, this system operates ...
For its second attempt, the company sent the hexagonal Athena lander to the Mons Mouton plateau, closer to the lunar south pole than ... a spacecraft designed to map the Moon's water distribution.