The diminutive vehicle is designed to hop into and out of permanently shadowed regions, providing detailed surface imagery and data on the moon's many craters ... itself to map the distribution ...

Given that lunar craters are important tools for scientists to calculate the age of geological features on other planets with solid surfaces, moon maps like the new one assume greater significance.

The bottoms of hundreds of craters at the moon's South Pole ... is being sent to find and map this water on the moon's surface. For future moon exploration, including potential long-term lunar ...

This aims to map sources of water on the moon to shed ... it will examine features including the permanently shadowed craters at the moon's South Pole, which could contain significant quantities ...

NASA is among the customers with payloads on Athena but is also launching a ride-sharing mission on the SpaceX rocket, known as Lunar Trailblazer, a spacecraft that will map water ice on the Moon.

One is the NASA-made Lunar Trailblazer probe, which seeks to map the distribution ... The areas closest to the moon’s south pole are pockmarked with impact craters, making it difficult to ...

Several U.S. states from New Mexico through West Virginia will have a good chance at viewing the lunar eclipse on Thursday.

There are 18 national parks near Salt Lake City and each is worth a visit. Here are the details on what to do at each one as ...

NASA is among the customers with payloads on Athena but is also launching a ride-sharing mission on the SpaceX rocket, known as Lunar Trailblazer, a spacecraft that will map ... the Moon, even when ...

This little satellite will map Moon water in unprecedented detail ... Once it arrives, Lunar Trailblazer will direct its HVM3 instrument toward the Moon’s South Pole craters. What makes these areas so ...