12 June 2019
Mysterious mass found under Moon's South Pole
...amount of mass hundreds of miles underneath the South Pole-Aitken basin," said Peter B. James, assistant professor of planetary ...layer formed here and nowhere else. The South Pole–Aitken basin is however "one of the best natural laboratories for...
10 December 2018
First far side of the Moon mission underway
... monopolises the far side's landscape is the South Pole-Aitken basin. Formed via a cataclysmic impact rather than by volcanism,... six times as deep as the Grand Canyon. Because of the basin's great size, the crust is expected to be thinner than typical...
24 July 2017
First lunar observatory for Moon's south pole in 2019
... Crater for communications. This ‘peak of eternal light’ that ILOA have in mind is a 5 kilometre tall peak in the Aitken Basin region called Malapert Mountain and Moon Express, who are the prime mission contractor providing delivery...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
.... The China National Space Administration (CNSA) landed its robotic probe Chang’e 4 in the unexplored South Pole-Aitken basin. It is thought to be the largest, oldest and deepest crater on the Moon’s surface. Official confirmation of the landing came...
27 March 2020
Mercury's crust could have had episodic habitable conditions, new study says
...played a part in shaping Mercury’s terrain,” writes Rodriguez and colleagues. The South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest, oldest, and deepest basin recognised on the Moon, is thought to have led to an epoch of volcanic activity, so it could be that the...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... highland setting, the intended landing site appears to be in or near the South Pole’s Aitken Basin. This is one of the oldest and deepest lunar impact basins and may be expected to expose material from very early in lunar history. The...
