NASA updates list of Artemis 3 landing sites
NASA Space Technology NASA has updated a list of potential landing locations for Artemis 3, identifying nine regions around the south pole of the moon. Credit: NASAWASHINGTON — NASA has updated a list of candidate landing sites near the south pole of the moon for the Artemis 3 mission, taking into account surface conditions and capabilities of SpaceX’s Starship lander.NASA announced Oct. 28 that it had updated the locations in the lunar south pole region it was considering for the Artemis 3 mission. The agency had released a list of 13 candidate landing locations there in August 2022.The nine locations include some of the same regions of the earlier list as well as new locations. All are clustered near the lunar south pole, a region of science and exploration interest because of the potential of...
