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    Shackleton is an impact crater that lies at the lunar south pole. The peaks along the crater's rim are exposed to almost continual sunlight, while the...
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    pole defined by the rotational axis of the Moon lies within Shackleton Crater. Notable craters nearest to the lunar south pole include de Gerlache, Sverdrup...
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  • Saskatchewan, Canada Shackleton, Western Australia Shackleton, Zimbabwe Shackleton (crater), a crater at the south pole of the Moon Avro Shackleton, a maritime...
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    Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions...
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  • longest all three Shackleton outposts are eclipsed is 43 h. Moon Temple planned for a peak of eternal light on Shackleton crater's rim to address future...
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  • IM-2 mission is targeting a ridge not far from the Shackleton crater referred to as the "Shackleton connecting ridge," which could have water ice below...
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    later, on 14 November, the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) impacted near the Shackleton crater, in the lunar south pole, this made India the fifth country to reach...
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    for solar power generation. For example, there are two peaks near Shackleton Crater that are illuminated a combined ~94% of a lunar year. Permanently...
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    some deep craters near the poles never receive any sunlight, and are permanently shadowed (see, for example, Shackleton crater, and Whipple crater). The temperature...
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    Jawahar Point or Jawahar Sthal is the site near the Shackleton Crater where the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) of the Chandrayaan-1 hard landed on lunar surface...
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    lunar impact crater located near the southern pole of the Moon, within half a crater diameter of Shackleton. It lies to the south of the crater Malapert,...
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    and after nearly 25 minutes hard landed as planned, near the rim of Shackleton Crater. With this mission, ISRO became the fifth national space agency to...
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  • 2013, Ybarra launched a Kickstarter for a simulation game called Shackleton Crater, which ultimately did not meet its funding goals. Joe Ybarra worked...
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    experiments during its descent to the lunar surface. It impacted near Shackleton crater at the south pole of the lunar surface at 14 November 2008, 20:31...
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  • presented the idea of hidden ice in the lunar craters, which led to NASA choosing the Shackleton Crater as location for Jamestown Moon Base. Janice, portrayed...
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  • pole. Chang'e-7 mission will try to land on the illuminated rim of Shackleton crater near the lunar south pole. The official scientific objectives of Chang'e...
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  • 15 take a significant risk, changing their landing site to be near Shackleton crater, a promising location for finding water that would be essential to...
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    established for this outpost, based on a location on the rim of the Shackleton crater, located in the immense South Pole-Aitken basin, near the Moon's south...
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    Mare Moscoviense on the lunar far side, Shackleton crater in the lunar south polar region, and Hermite crater in the lunar north polar region. Preliminary...
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    lunar north pole that are constantly bathed in sunlight. The rim of Shackleton Crater, towards the lunar south pole, also has a near-constant solar illumination...
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    The first released ShadowCam image showed the wall the and floor of Shackleton crater. Science objectives of the ShadowCam experiment: Map albedo patterns...
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  • for water ice on the Moon at a permanently shadowed location near Shackleton Crater, close to the lunar south pole. The 36-kilogram (80 lb) PRIME-1 payload...
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    in the show the crew decided last minute to divert the landing to Shackleton crater in the Lunar south pole upon finding out there is a high concentration...
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    Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration organized by Ernest Shackleton. The rover entered the crater interior on its 134th mission sol (June 15), and exited...
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    unusual attribute of lying within sight of both the Earth and the crater Shackleton at the south pole. Due to the location of Malapert Mountain, it has...
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    return mission to the far side whose lander successfully landed in Apollo crater on 1 June 2024 and collected lunar samples. On August 23, 2023 12:34 UTC...
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  • honor of Paul Spudis. Spudis, a crater on the Moon, is named after him. This crater is next to the famous Shackleton crater on the south polar region of...
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    upon by adjacent formations. The nearest craters of note to Sverdrup are de Gerlache to the east, and Shackleton at the south pole. Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker...
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    First optical observation of the permanently shadowed interior of the crater Shackleton at the lunar south pole. Evidence of Earth's oxygen being transported...
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  • quadrangles on the Moon Lunar poles Lunar north pole Lunar south pole Shackleton (crater) South Pole–Aitken basin Orbit of the Moon Lunar phase Lunar geologic...
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