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 ...

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.

From this panel, we're looking at the garage, so that's *** lunar outpost map rover inside of that ... sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said ...

A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday (February 26, 2025), aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole this time ... entering lunar orbit to map the distribution of water ...