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Former GB para-athlete aims to ski to South Pole in 40-day solo expedition

Jonny Huntington, who suffered a brain bleed in 2014, is aiming to become the first disabled person to succeed in this challenge.

The Independent UK

India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon's south pole

India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lunar lander and rover in collaboration with Japan.

Space

NASA gives Intuitive Machines $117 million for 2027 mission to moon's south pole

Intuitive Machines, which aced the first-ever private moon landing earlier this year, just scored a $117 million NASA contract for a 2027 mission to the lunar south pole.

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My journey from near-fatal climbing fall to record South Pole sit-ski challenge

Darren Edwards is paralysed from the chest down, but he wouldn't change a thing now

Advnture

Artemis III Will Mark The First Crewed Moon Landing Mission Since Apollo 17 In 1972

Flying to the moon is getting back on trend: NASA's astronauts are preparing to land on the South Pole, where they will hunt ice, grow plants and will listen to moonquakes. The post Artemis III Will Mark The First Crewed Moon Landing Mission Since Apollo 17 In 1972 first appeared…

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‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes

Carbon schemes are touted as a way to transfer billions in climate finance to the developing world – but people at the Kariba project in Zimbabwe say most of the profits never arrive

The Guardian - UK

Odysseus Lunar Lander Successfully Soft-Lands On Moon

The Odysseus Lunar Lander faces a minor setback on the moon but continues its mission, transmitting images from the South Pole.

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French trekker sets new South Pole speed record just two weeks after women’s record tumbled

Vincent Colliard completes the 1,130km trek in 22 days to beat 13 year-old record

Advnture

Woman sets new world speed ski record to reach South Pole

Preet Chandi is a day quicker for solo and unsupported Antarctic crossing

Advnture

Taking a giant leap for a new ethics in outer space

The Outer Space Treaty and Moon Agreement need aligning not just with the latest advances in space missions but also with a moral compass, which India can guide

The Hindu

India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission: Fake news takes flight alongside spacecraft

Although India made history with its Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, becoming the first country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon's unexplored South Pole, it wasn't the only thing to take off. A surge of misinformation surrounding the mission has also surged since the initial landing, with false imagery circulating…

France 24

How ‘underdog’ India beat rivals to the Moon

Only three nations – the US, Russia and China – have managed a safe “soft” landing on the Moon, and no country has done so at its south pole. Until now that is.

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The Independent UK

India's lunar rover keeps walking on the moon, days after spacecraft's historic touchdown

India’s lunar rover is continuing its walk on the moon after the historic touch-down of India’s spacecraft near the moon’s south pole earlier this week

Space

Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon's south pole — and why everyone else wants to get there too

On Aug. 23, India's Chandrayaan-3 became the first mission to successfully land near the moon's south pole. But why is this dark, shadowy area so important to space agencies?

The Independent UK

India's lunar rover comes down a ramp to the moon's surface and takes a walk

Indian space officials say that a lunar rover has descended down a ramp from the lander of India’s spacecraft that has made its much celebrated touch-down near the moon’s south pole

Newslaundry

40 days of wait, 17 minutes of terror: Chandrayaan-3 becomes first to land on moon’s south pole

It was “17 minutes of terror” in the making of history as India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft descended on the moon’s south pole today. And so, India became the first country ever to land on the south pole, and only the fourth to secure a successful moon landing.

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"India is on the Moon", ISRO Chief after Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully touches down on lunar surface

As the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making India, the first country to have achieved the historic feat, ISRO chief S Somanath on Wednesday congratulated the people of the country on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and said, "Indian is on the moon". Read…

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Chandrayaan-3: India lands on moon, creates history

It was a giant leap for India on Wednesday evening as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat and bringing to an end the disappointment over the crash landing of the Chandrayaan-2, four years ago.…

The Independent UK

Chandrayaan-3: Indian Mission racing against Russian spacecraft for historic Moon landing

Until now, no country has made a soft landing on the Moon’s south pole

The Week

Dark side of the Moon: will the race to lunar South Pole spark conflict?

Russia and India have kick-started a space race to the Moon’s South Pole in search of water and other precious resources.

The Independent UK

India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 mission sends back first images of Moon ahead of landing

Successful soft landing will make India the first country to do so close to the lunar South pole

Salon

Living large at the South Pole

Those who live at the South Pole approach the ice with a sense of awe that borders on religious conviction

Radio France Internationale

Construction of China's fifth base in the Antarctic worries west

For the first time since 2018, China is increasing its Antarctic footprint. A Washington-based think tank says Beijing has resumed construction of its fifth station at the South Pole, worrying western governments.

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