The new findings suggest that the lunar south pole’s water ice is buried deep beneath the surface, meaning extraction will pose a serious challenge. Seeking lunar water ice.

In addition to supplying oxygen for breathing, both gases may be used as rocket fuel. If they could be extracted directly from the Moon's surface, this would save the trouble of transporting them from ...

There’s plenty of evidence to suggest that the South Pole’s surface is frosted: Both satellite and ground-based data collected over the past 30 years are “consistent with water ice,” Cohen ...

2026: China's Chang'e 7 mission will send an orbiter, lander, rover and a small flying device to the south pole to hunt for ice. China's Yutu-2 rover, which landed on the far side of the moon in ...

Those who live at the South Pole approach the ice with a sense of awe that borders on religious conviction . By John Messick . Published May 29, 2023 3:59PM (EDT ...

Temperatures in PSRs might drop below -200C (-390F), making them prime locations to look for ice. A Nasa rover set to head to the Moon's South Pole in late 2024, called Viper, will drive into some ...

Cold traps. NASA's Artemis 3 mission — America's "rebooting of the moon" by human explorers — intends to land a human crew near the lunar south pole.The lunar south pole is located on the rim ...

The lunar south pole has craters of ice and possible microbial life The lunar south pole has had lots of attention in recent years because it's where NASA hopes to land its Artemis III astronauts ...

From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images ...

A Dartmouth grad student is on a mission to find the oldest ice on the planet and to find it — he’s joined a team of scientists at the South Pole. Wind speeds there average 40 mph and ...

At the south pole, this water ice is mostly concentrated in lunar craters. Future space explorers could take advantage of the moon’s water for drinking, cooling equipment, ...