In a groundbreaking revelation, recent lunar samples brought back by China’s Chang’e 6 mission have confirmed a crucial piece ...

At its bottom edge this view is about 700 km wide and gazes along the southern edge of the South Pole Aitken basin, with white arrows marking some of the massifs that are likely remnants of the ...

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 ...

What's more, you're looking at the oldest, largest, and deepest basin the moon has. Chang'e-4 landed in Von Karman a flat landscape that sits inside: South Pole–Aitken basin. The basin is around ...

Schrödinger is located in the outer reaches of the South Pole–Aitken basin, which future crewed Artemis missions are planning to explore. The South Pole–Aitken basin is estimated to be about ...

New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.

The Vikram lander had touched down close to one of the oldest of these craters: the South Pole-Aitken Basin, which is also one of the largest impact craters in the Solar System. Lunar craters are ...

Scientists believe that the crater predates the formation of the South Pole-Aitken basin, suggesting it has been buried and degraded over time by debris from subsequent impacts.

A view of two grand canyons on the moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin near the south pole on the ... such a setting could allow astronauts and robotic assets to sample the South ...

The lander made its attempt at a landing near the Moon's Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain roughly 100 miles from the south pole ... a massive basin on the Moon's near side.