The US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), announced on Friday its list of possible landing sites on the Moon for the crewed Artemis III mission. Artemis III will be the first mission to take people (including the first woman and the first person of colour) to the Moon since Nasa’s Apollo XVII in December 1972. (In Greek mythology, the goddess Artemis was the sister of the god Apollo.) The list contains 13 possible landing sites. They are all located in the Moon’s southern polar region, all being within six degrees of latitude of the lunar South Pole. The sites were selected by a team of scientists and engineers from across Nasa, using the results of lunar science research undertaken over decades, plus data from the Nasa Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter robot spacecraft. The listed sites provide the agency with landing options for all possible launch opportunities for Artemis III.
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