Orbiting a lunar future
NASA , Outer space
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under Artemis , the agency has identified 13 candidates for landing regions near the lunar South Pole .
To select the regions , technologists used data from NASA ’ s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiters .
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is a robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon and is essential as NASA plans future human and robotic missions to the Moon .
Each region identified contains multiple potential landing sites for Artemis III , which will be the first of the Artemis missions to bring crew to the lunar surface , including the first woman to set foot on the Moon .
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