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Cabeus Crater

A crater roughly 98 km across near the lunar south pole, much of whose floor is permanently shadowed.

-84.9, -35.5 · approximate ·

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  • A place in: Apollo to Artemis · 4 places

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  • is contains of Lunar South Pole RegionCabeus lies at about 84.9°S, within the Artemis target band, and is the site of the LCROSS water measurement.
  • is impacted of LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite)Cabeus was chosen because orbital neutron data showed one of the strongest hydrogen enhancements near the pole; the LCROSS Centaur was steered into its permanently shadowed floor on 9 October 2009.
Mission history61 missions · 19592026 · 2 planned
Luna 1 · 1959 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 2 · 1959 · Soviet Union · ImpactorLuna 3 · 1959 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 9 · 1966 · Soviet Union · LanderLuna 10 · 1966 · Soviet Union · OrbiterLuna 13 · 1966 · Soviet Union · LanderZond 5 · 1968 · Soviet Union · FlybyLuna 16 · 1970 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 17 · Lunokhod 1 · 1970 · Soviet Union · RoverLuna 20 · 1972 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 21 · Lunokhod 2 · 1973 · Soviet Union · RoverLuna 24 · 1976 · Soviet Union · Sample returnLuna 25 · 2023 · RU · LanderRanger 7 · 1964 · United States · ImpactorRanger 8 · 1965 · United States · ImpactorRanger 9 · 1965 · United States · ImpactorSurveyor 1 · 1966 · United States · LanderSurveyor 3 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 5 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 6 · 1967 · United States · LanderSurveyor 7 · 1968 · United States · LanderLunar Orbiter 1 · 1966 · United States · OrbiterApollo 8 · 1968 · United States · Crewed orbitApollo 11 · 1969 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 12 · 1969 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 13 · 1970 · United States · Crewed orbitApollo 14 · 1971 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 15 · 1971 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 16 · 1972 · United States · Crewed landingApollo 17 · 1972 · United States · Crewed landingClementine · 1994 · United States · OrbiterLunar Prospector · 1998 · United States · OrbiterLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter · 2009 · United States · OrbiterLCROSS · 2009 · United States · ImpactorGRAIL (Ebb and Flow) · 2012 · United States · OrbiterLADEE · 2013 · United States · OrbiterCAPSTONE · 2022 · United States · Technology demonstratorArtemis I · 2022 · United States · OrbiterArtemis II · 2026 · United States · Crewed orbitPeregrine Mission One · 2024 · United States · LanderIM-1 Odysseus · 2024 · United States · LanderBlue Ghost Mission 1 · 2025 · United States · LanderIM-2 Athena · 2025 · United States · LanderSMART-1 · 2004 · EU · OrbiterHiten · 1990 · JP · Technology demonstratorKaguya (SELENE) · 2007 · JP · OrbiterSLIM · 2024 · JP · LanderHakuto-R Mission 1 · 2023 · JP · LanderChang’e 1 · 2007 · CN · OrbiterChang’e 2 · 2010 · CN · OrbiterChang’e 3 · Yutu · 2013 · CN · RoverChang’e 4 · Yutu-2 · 2019 · CN · RoverChang’e 5 · 2020 · CN · Sample returnChang’e 6 · 2024 · CN · Sample returnChandrayaan-1 · 2008 · IN · OrbiterChandrayaan-2 · 2019 · IN · OrbiterChandrayaan-3 · Vikram and Pragyan · 2023 · IN · RoverDanuri (KPLO) · 2022 · KR · OrbiterBeresheet · 2019 · IL · LanderArtemis III · planned · United States · PlannedArtemis IV · planned · United States · Planned

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