For geographic context, the letters label other big craters in its vicinity: K ... map of South Pole-Aitken and surrounding massifs (IMAGE) University of Maryland. ...

2026: China's Chang'e 7 mission will send an orbiter, lander, rover and a small flying device to the south pole to hunt for ice. China's Yutu-2 rover, which landed on the far side of the moon in ...

A new study using NASA's and DLR's now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the Moon.

The geographical South Pole marker is replaced annually on Jan. 1. The retired markers are on display at the Antarctic station and are eventually sent to the Smithsonian to make space for new markers.