The Athena lunar mission is set to deploy the 'Gracie' hopper to explore shadowed craters near the Moon's south pole.

Scientists have long thought that the South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by a shallow-angle impact, but new research suggests ...

The rocket-powered Gracie will conduct five hops during its short lunar stay, including one into the depths of a shadowy ...

Scientists say Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck—dramatic trenches near the lunar south pole—were carved in a blast that ...

moon base project. Regions around Leibnitz Beta, Amundsen crater, Cabeus crater and the Shackleton-de Gerlache Ridge at the lunar south pole are cited as preliminary landing sites for Chang’e-8.

Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...

If all goes to plan, Athena will land on a plateau just 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole. This region is thought to be ... "We'll hop down into a permanently shadowed crater." ...

If all goes to plan, Athena will land on a plateau just 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the moon's south pole. This region ... into a permanently shadowed crater." That target crater, known ...

Lunar Outpost, the company behind the space-age motor, says its vehicle will be capable of navigating the Moon's treacherous south pole ... In fact, some of the craters are permanently shadowed ...