Landing sites on the Moon

The 15 south-pole sites the Lunar Mission Browser compares, with their sunlight and contact with Earth for the next twelve months, and the 6 places where Apollo astronauts walked.

The Lunar Mission Browser

The south pole (15)

• IM-1 Odysseus Lander on the surface
• IM-2 Athena Lander on the surface
• Haworth Artemis III candidate region
• Malapert Massif Artemis III candidate region
• Mons Mouton Plateau Artemis III candidate region
• Nobile Rim 2 Artemis III candidate region
• Peak near Cabeus B Artemis III candidate region
• Mons Mouton (site MMO01) Artemis III candidate region
• Nobile Rim 1 (site NR101) Artemis III candidate region
• de Gerlache Rim 2 (site dGR2_K2023) Artemis III candidate region
• Slater Plain (site SP07) Artemis III candidate region
• Shackleton crater Reference point
• Connecting Ridge CR1 Reference point
• Shackleton rim S Reference point
• Lunar south pole Reference point

The Apollo landings (6)

• Apollo 11 · Tranquility Base 20 July 1969
• Apollo 12 · Ocean of Storms 19 November 1969
• Apollo 14 · Fra Mauro 5 February 1971
• Apollo 15 · Hadley Rille 30 July 1971
• Apollo 16 · Descartes 21 April 1972
• Apollo 17 · Taurus–Littrow 11 December 1972

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