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The Moon’s Most Shadowy Places Can’t Hide From NASA’s New Camera
When a NASA spacecraft passes over Shackleton Crater on the moon and peers in, it sees this: a sea of blackness and nothing more. This 13-mile-wide crater lies close to the moon’s south pole.
Tabletop exercises can help us understand and avoid potential conflicts over the moon
As different nations begin conducting operations on the lunar surface, humanity's penchant for geopolitical struggles will ...
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With its latest Moon mission success, China’s space program has the US in its sights | Space
It is a bold move, as the US also has ambitions to establish bases at the Moon’s south pole — the Shackleton crater is prime real estate. A later Chinese mission, Chang'e 8 (currently planned ...
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High-Speed Wifi Comes to The Moon - MSN
A new unmanned mission to the Moon will use high-speed wifi so its half dozen rovers ... The lunar surface can be as hot as ...
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For The First Time Ever, The Moon Is About To Get A 4G Cellular Network - MSN
Athena will land very close to the ridge of the Shackleton crater, a region that is known as a peak of eternal sunshine.The ...
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Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission launches to the Moon - MSN
UPDATE Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying IM-2 successfully lifted off at 7:16 P.M. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Early next month, a robotic lander will arrive at the Moon ...