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 ...

Many photos McCarthy has taken of the space station in the past show the ship as a silhouette in Earth's shadow. This time he ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists found that an asteroid impact carved two massive canyons on the moon in minutes. High-speed debris helped shape ...

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 ...