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Lunar South Pole Region

The terrain poleward of roughly 84°S, and the target region for Artemis surface missions.

No recorded place ·

contains Shackleton Crater — Shackleton straddles the pole itself, pairing a permanently shadowed floor with rim terrain sunlit for most of the lunar year — the combination Artemis surface infrastructure is designed around.
contains Cabeus Crater — Cabeus lies at about 84.9°S, within the Artemis target band, and is the site of the LCROSS water measurement.
is targets of Artemis IV — Artemis IV now carries the programme's first crewed landing, planned for a south polar site drawn from NASA's nine candidate regions.

region

The terrain poleward of roughly 84°S, and the target region for Artemis surface missions.

No recorded place ·

contains Shackleton Crater — Shackleton straddles the pole itself, pairing a permanently shadowed floor with rim terrain sunlit for most of the lunar year — the combination Artemis surface infrastructure is designed around.
contains Cabeus Crater — Cabeus lies at about 84.9°S, within the Artemis target band, and is the site of the LCROSS water measurement.
is targets of Artemis IV — Artemis IV now carries the programme's first crewed landing, planned for a south polar site drawn from NASA's nine candidate regions.