We provide concrete evidence of a uniform elemental composition of the lunar soil on the South Pole, as was observed with the samples collected from Moon’s equatorial to mid-latitude region ...

Current and upcoming Moon missions focus on exploring the lunar south pole in particular, with frozen water presumed to exist in deep craters at both poles. All of which raises the question of we ...

The researchers analyzed lunar soil extracted from high-latitude regions on the southern ... module made a historic touchdown near the south pole of the moon in August 2023. The mission is the ...

The bumpy landscape of the Lunar South Pole, covered with large craters, poses landing challenges. These difficulties are made even tougher by the dark lighting conditions during the spacecraft's ...

This time, the astronauts will take aim at one of 13 potential locations at the lunar south pole. The existence of water there is central to the ambitious goal behind NASA’s Artemis program ...

All the previous spacecraft to have reached the Moon landed in the equatorial region, a few degrees latitude north or south of the lunar equator. The Moon's south pole region is also being ...