Moon Base site packs
Lunar south poleReady-made dossiers for the places everyone is planning to land: the best landing pads in each area, how much sun and Earth they see, and a rover route from the best pad to the edge of the nearest permanent shadow. Browse free; the full dossier and PDF come with Atlas Pro.
Every number comes from the Hevelius engine with its stated error. Targets outside the layers built so far say so until the full 80°S–90°S run lands. Open the map
Moon Base targets
Where NASA's Moon Base program and its first landers are headed.
Shackleton connecting ridge
engine offlineThe ridge between Shackleton and de Gerlache; Blue Moon MK1's Moon Base I target.
Shackleton rim high point
engine offlineOne of the best-lit spots at the pole, on Shackleton's southern rim.
Connecting ridge extension
engine offlineThe ridge's continuation toward de Gerlache, a 2022 Artemis candidate region.
Artemis III candidate regions
NASA's nine candidate regions for the first crewed landing near the south pole.
de Gerlache Rim 2
engine offlineThe one current Artemis III region inside 88°S, on de Gerlache's rim.
Haworth
engine offlineArtemis III candidate region by Haworth crater's large shadowed floor.
Malapert Massif
engine offlineArtemis III candidate region on the Malapert mountain, long eyed for its Earth view.
Mons Mouton
engine offlineArtemis III candidate region on the mountain VIPER is headed for.
Nobile Rim 1
engine offlineArtemis III candidate region on the western rim of Nobile crater.
Nobile Rim 2
engine offlineArtemis III candidate region on the far side of Nobile crater.
Slater Plain
engine offlineArtemis III candidate region on the plain near Slater crater.
Peak near Cabeus B
engine offlineThe northernmost Artemis III candidate region, on a peak near Cabeus B.
Rover and lander areas
Areas where robotic landers and rovers have gone or are going.
Peak near Shackleton
engine offlineA peak beyond Shackleton's rim, near where Chang'e-7 is reported to be headed.
IM-2 Athena landing area
engine offlineWhere Intuitive Machines' Athena came down on the Mons Mouton plateau in 2025.