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China Targets Moon's South Pole for Ice | Science News
China’s Chang’e-7 mission is poised to rewrite lunar history by becoming the first spacecraft to land at the moon’s south pole, hunting for water ice in shadowed craters near Shackleton Crater—a discovery that could fuel future bases and rocket fuel for both China and NASA’s Artemis program. Scheduled for launch August 24th, the mission will deploy an orbiter, lander, rover, and a groundbreaking hopping robot capable of flying into unreachable craters, echoing NASA’s Ingenuity on Mars. With instruments from 10 international partners—including a small American telescope—this ambitious effort…
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