lunar pole

[′lü·nər ′pōl]

(astronomy)

A pole of the moon.

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It's a pretty challenging environment to be drilling in cryogenic conditions in the lunar pole," says Brad Jones, Neptec's program manager of the Artemis Jr.

Celestial mining

Mitrofanov said that the lunar pole is a most favourable place for future outposts for humans in deep space and emphasized that moon exploration was a step toward future Mars journeys.

Russia to launch multiple robotic missions to moon

Scientists hope the desolate lunar pole will be a fertile hunting ground in their search for water.

NASA bombs moon s surface in search of water

Near each lunar pole, the neutron spectrometer detected a drop in the number of neutrons.

Ice on the moon

Washington, March 20 (ANI): If reports are to be believed, the Moon may have bucketloads of water, with a NASA release indicating the amount of water ice detected in the north lunar pole as 600 million metric tons, stashed away in 40 craters.

Moon may have bucketloads of water!

We really don't have a preference as to which lunar pole," notes Kimberly Ennico, LCROSS's payload scientist at NASA/Ames.

Lunar fireworks: if all goes as scheduled, in late August two NASA spacecraft will slam into the Moon in the hope of finding water there. Meanwhile, a NASA lunar orbiter will set the stage for future astronauts

The mountains and crater rims close to the north lunar pole will be seen superimposed on the ringed planet's disk as the Moon glides by--a dramatic sight worth photographing or videotaping if you can.

Saturn's vanishing act

Crisp views of the lunar pole, obtained through a series of filters, showed geologists that some tracts previously thought to be ancient "highlands" were in fact flooded lava plains overlaid by veneers of rubble from later cratering events.

The long road to Jupiter

The lunar poles have grown in strategic importance for both science and exploration, as water ice is known to be buried in the lunar regolith in permanently shadowed areas at both poles," SETI said.

Moon Caves At Lunar North Pole Might Lead Astronauts Right To Water

As part of the program, Intel supported and mentored researchers who used Intel Nervana deep learning technology to tackle the complex challenge of building detailed maps of the lunar poles a thorny challenge that involves detecting craters and other features within the dramatic shadows of the polar regions as well as resolving the image artifacts and registration challenges required to make a cohesive map.

United States : Intel Showcases Application of AI for Space Research at NASA FDL Event

Other studies have suggested the presence of water ice in shadowed regions at the lunar poles, but the pyroclastic deposits are at locations that may be easier to access," Li said.

Moon Has A Water-Rich Interior

Even when seen with favorable lunar libration, the extreme foreshortening created by looking sideways at the lunar poles compresses circular crater rims into apparently straight ridges.

Peaks of "eternal" light: if we ever try to live on the moon, the best locations will be polar mountains bathed in nearly continuous sunlight

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