Vast pockets of water ice numbering in the millions of tons have been discovered at the north pole of the moon, opening up another region of the lunar surface for potential exploration by ...

A NASA radar instrument on India’s Chandrayaan-1 Moon probe found evidence of at least 600 million metric tons of water ice spread out on the bottom of craters at the lunar north pole. It is yet ...

NASA CubeSat will hitch a ride on the forthcoming SLS mission and scope out the lunar South Pole for water ice. ... to 25-km above the lunar South Pole and some 4,000-km above the lunar North Pole.

A potential water resource on the moon would be hugely valuable for humans and robotic spacecraft alike—and if there is underground ice, the lunar north pole may be our best chance of finding it.

Space scientists once thought the moon was about as dry as dust. Not anymore. Now they estimate 600 million metric tons of water can be found in 40 craters near the lunar north pole. "We thought ...

A new high-resolution map of the moon's north pole shows a view of the surface that even the Apollo astronauts would envy. The new lunar mosaic — which was captured by NASA's Lunar ...

Home / The lunar north pole – SMART-1 mosaic. Posted in Press Release The lunar north pole – SMART-1 mosaic by SpaceRef December 5, 2007 July 15, 2024.

This image shows the distribution of surface ice at the moon’s south pole (left) and north pole (right), as detected by NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument, which flew aboard India’s ...

If we're ever going to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, we'll need water, and lots of it. NASA's VIPER lunar rover is going find it for us.

A new interactive mosaic from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter covers the north pole of the moon from 60 to 90 degrees north latitude at a resolution of 6.5 feet (2 meters) per pixel.

A moon probe has found millions of tons of water on the moon’s north pole, NASA reported Monday. The vast source of water could one day be used to generate oxygen or sustain a moon base. A NASA ...