Current and upcoming Moon missions focus on exploring the lunar south ... at the poles, with some areas experiencing almost continuous illumination. For any mining and research bases elsewhere ...

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 ...

The map below shows some of the missions ... up plans for a railway on the moon to carry goods between bases, with the moon’s south pole believed to hold reserves of water (which can be turned ...

The bottoms of hundreds of craters at the moon's South Pole ... to find and map this water on the moon's surface. For future moon exploration, including potential long-term lunar bases staffed ...

Commercial company Intuitive Machines has put its second probe on the moon, but it was not immediately clear if the vehicle ...

A research base in Antarctica. In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. It was one of the most famous expeditions in history. No single country owns ...