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A shrinking moon is causing moonquakes and faults near the lunar south pole, data from a NASA-funded study shows. The study, published Thursday in the Planetary Science Journal, took a closer look ...
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Since Danuri entered lunar orbit last December, ShadowCam has been routinely capturing images of the lunar North and South Pole regions. Highlighted below are some standout images so far and ...
The lunar south pole also has a more rugged terrain compared to the moon’s equatorial region, which is where the Apollo 11 astronauts landed in 1969.
Since water was confirmed on the moon in 2009, space agencies worldwide have raced to explore the lunar South Pole, a challenging and historic landing site rich in ice. India’s $73 million Chandrayaan ...
Image: A topographic view of the South Pole-Aitken Basin. Reds are high; blues are low. Mafic Mound, (the reddish area in the center) stands 800 meters above the surrounding surface.
American space company Firefly Aerospace was awarded a $176.7 million contract to fly some NASA payloads to the lunar south ...
In a breakthrough study recently published in Icarus a team of international researchers has harnessed the power of ...