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Mons Mouton
Artemis III candidate regionengine offlineArtemis III candidate region on the mountain VIPER is headed for.
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Why this target
A candidate region on Mons Mouton, a flat-topped mountain near the western rim of Nobile crater (called Leibnitz Beta Plateau in 2022). NASA's VIPER rover is to work on Mons Mouton after arriving on Blue Origin's second Blue Moon MK1; NASA has published no VIPER landing coordinate.
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Within 8 km of 85.420°S 31.680°E. Slope at most 8° · Sunlit at least 50% of the time · Excludes permanently shadowed regions · Area at least 10,000 m².
Approximate centre of the NASA candidate region: the centre of its published navigation grid (about ±1–2 km), not an official region outline. VIPER's own site is not published.
Sources for the target
- NASA, NASA Provides Update on Artemis III Moon Landing Regions (October 2024)checked 2026-10-13
- McClernan 2024, Down Selected Artemis III Candidate Landing Site Navigational Grids (USGS data release)checked 2026-10-13
- NASA, Moon Base phaseschecked 2026-10-13