Andrew James McCarthy, frames the space station with Shackleton Crater, a famous landmark on the moon near its south pole.

The Chang'e 7 mission will consist of a lander, a rover and a mobile hopper, according to Chinese state media outlet Xinhua, ...

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

The robot, which should make its journey next year, is being sent to search for frozen water which could be important for ...

Landing site: Near the Shackleton Crater, close to the south pole ... A spacecraft will circle the moon to remotely map different forms of water on the lunar surface. Type of craft ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA was going to the moon, but without public stocks to invest ... goal will be to drill for evidence of water near the Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole. Interestingly, though, Athena ...

The spacecraft will head for a ridge next to the Shackleton Crater at the moon's south pole, deep in the polar region. It will have what NASA calls a Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment – a ...

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