Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

China is gearing up to land on one of the lunar landing sites shortlisted by NASA — the Shackleton Crater near the Moon's south pole. According to a recent study, the Chang'e 7 mission is ...

Image of Shackleton Crater, a permanently shadowed region near the lunar south pole, shows slevation (left) and shaded relief ...

NASA partners with private companies to search for lunar water ice, a key factor for future human exploration of the moon ...

Morgan Nunn Martinez studied lunar rocks from the 1969 Apollo 9 mission to learn about the origin of moon water. They found ...

Because of the likely presence of ice and the high percentage of sunlit periods for solar power, the Shackleton area — including the Malapert Crater and massif — has become a finalist in the ...

"Can you see the flag the astronauts left there?" This then leads to a discussion on how far the Moon is, versus the ...

There’s Moon Gold In Them Thar Moon Hills Features like Shackleton Crater may host water ice, which could be a vital resource for astronauts on the Moon. However, they may also hold secrets for ...

And to mitigate temperature fluctuations, and maximise solar power efficiency, the base would be built on the edge of Shackleton crater at the moon’s south pole where it would face the sun for ...

IM-2 is expected to launch sometime in February, and is also headed to the moon's south polar region — this time, to a ridge near Shackleton Crater. IM-2 will carry a number of CLPS payloads for ...

The chosen site is on the edge of the Shackleton Crater at the South Lunar Pole, which is speculated to contain frozen water. There’s also constant sunlight for energy generation. 3D-printed ...