The lunar south pole is the southernmost point on the Moon. It is of interest to scientists because of the occurrence of water ice in permanently shadowed...

It was named for two features on opposite sides of the basin: the lunar South Pole at one end and the crater Aitken on the northern end. The outer rim...

diametrically opposite the lunar south pole. It defines latitude 90° North. At the lunar north pole all directions point south; all lines of longitude converge...

that one peak at Peary Crater receives sunlight for 89% of a lunar year. The lunar south pole is situated in a huge depression, leading to 16 km altitude...

Shackleton is an impact crater that lies at the lunar south pole. The peaks along the crater's rim are exposed to almost continual sunlight, while the...

permanently shadowed craters at the Moon's poles. Water molecules are also present in the extremely thin lunar atmosphere. NASA's Ice-Mining Experiment-1...

third Indian lunar exploration mission named Chandrayaan-3. The lander named Vikram and the rover named Pragyan landed near the lunar south pole region on...

reaches that point, the center of the Sun sets at the lunar north pole and rises at the lunar south pole. The nodes are called by different names in different...

August 2023, ISRO successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 module in the lunar south pole region, making India the fourth nation to successfully complete a soft...

India became the 1st country to touch down near the lunar south pole, at 69°S, the southernmost lunar landing on 23 August at 18:03 IST (12:33 UTC), made...