This is a global view to show the entirety of the South Pole-Aitken basin (SPA), the largest and oldest impact crater on the Moon. For geographic context, the letters label other big craters in ...

Boulder, we have a problem. A camera to map the moon’s South Pole, which was developed in part at the University of Colorado Bolder, never got a chance to do its job.

It would take over two days to reach it by boat. The Geographic South Pole is the most southerly point on Earth. It changes each year because the ice sheet that covers the land is continually moving.

In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and Ernest Shackleton set out with dog teams and sledges aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south to 82º16.5'S, when scurvy ...