Along with the mosaic image of Shackleton Crater, National Geographic released a topographical map of the lunar south pole showing potential Artemis 3 landing sites in the region. Get the Space ...

Earth-based radar observations have produced a detailed 3D map of the Moon’s south polar region, revealing a dramatic and rugged landscape. The map will help NASA assess the site’s potential ...

There was no map of the Antarctic in 1908 when the men of Shackleton's expedition set out for the South Pole. The unexplored continent was marked as "terra incognita" or land unknown and ...

But it includes the lunar south pole's Shackleton Crater, considered by many to be a prime target for a manned landing sometime after 2020. The crater's interior lies in perpetual shadow and may ...

Shackleton crater, Moon. Clockwise from top left: topography from laser altimetry, image from SMART-1 mission, lighting map (brighter is longer periods of illumination) from the LRO Camera, Mini ...

Elevation (left) and shaded relief (right) image of Shackleton, a 12.5-mile-diameter (20 kilometers) permanently shadowed crater adjacent to the lunar south pole.

A shoebox-sized NASA-funded cubesat should create the most detailed, high-resolution map of lunar water ice ever attempted. Now scheduled for launch in 2020* as a secondary payload on NASA’s ...

The map shows the route that the explorer wanted to take, and Shackleton added a small diagram showing how a person would determine the location of the South Pole.

Instead, he headed to the South Pole again, to explore islands around Antarctica, and map them. Shackleton died on the boat, in 1922. Quest continued to be used for other missions, but it sank in ...