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LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) mosaic of the lunar South Pole region, about 600 km in diameter. The illuminated, crescent-shaped edge of the Shackleton Crater is touching the centre cross-hairs. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
With NASA gearing up for a possible return to the Moon as soon as 2024 (and other countries not far behind), scientists are ramping up efforts to find the best ways to make best use of a permanent or long-term Moon base. 
High on the list, of course, is collecting Moon rocks, especially in areas far from the six Apollo landing sites. One of these is near the rim of Shackleton Crater, which has been selected as the leading candidate for NASA’s upcoming Artemis Moon-landing program, says Jahnavi Shah, a graduate student at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.  ....

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