A new NASA instrument allows researchers to view the bright and permanently shadowed portions of the moon’s Shackleton Crater at the same time Shackleton Crater pops from the moon’s South Pole, as if ...

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. Here, ...

This visualization, created using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter laser altimeter data, offers a view of Shackleton Crater located in the south pole of the moon. Thanks to these measurements, we now have ...

HELSINKI — China will attempt to land on the illuminated rim of Shackleton crater near the lunar south pole with its 2026 Chang’e-7 mission. Chang’e-7 will target one of a handful of sites thought to ...

The Chang'e 7 mission is aiming for a coveted spot on the lunar south pole, one that made the list of NASA's candidate landing regions. Reading time 2 minutes China is planning to send its next lander ...