As an aside, I mentioned that Artemis 3 might land in this area. This is why I think so: First, it is about 85 south, which makes Earth visibility and sunlight more benign than right at the pole. Second, it is large, a broad plateau of about 3000 square km, very different from the small areas of near-polar high topography like the rims of Shackleton or de Gerlache or the Connecting Ridge between them. For a first landing Mons Mouton is a better choice.
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"NASA Begins Processing Artemis III Moon Rocket at Kennedy" by #NASA #Artemis Program - SLS rocket
core stage for #Artemis3 #Moon
landing mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and was moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2025/08/18/nasa-begins-processing-artemis-iii-moon-rocket-at-kennedy/ #space
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NASA Begins Processing Artemis III Moon Rocket at Kennedy
Image shows a bright yellow object, core stage engine section inside High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 15 Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
Teams from Kennedy prepare to lift NASA’s integrated Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage engine section with its boat-tail inside the center’s Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Shown inside the facility’s High Bay 2 for processing, the engine section is one the most complex and intricate parts of the rocket stage that will help power the Artemis missions to the Moon.
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Buildup of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis III lunar mission has started at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, even as NASA prepares for the launch of the Artemis II mission, the second Artemis mission in NASA’s efforts to l return humans to the Moon and eventually land on Mars.
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Nearly four years ago, NASA announced that its Artemis III mission would include a lot of firsts: it would be the first to land on the moon since the end of the Apollo era, the first to touch down near the moon's rugged south pole and the first to put both a woman and a person of color on the lunar surface. @npr reports:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/g-s1-55665/nasa-moon-dei-artemis
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