Nobile Rim 1

Why this target

A candidate region on the rim of Nobile, a large crater with permanently shadowed ground on its floor. One of NASA's nine Artemis III regions.

Pad search

Within 8 km of 85.430°S 37.330°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.

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 App Development Challenge 2024 handbook: Artemis III candidate region grids (August 2022)
  checked 2026-10-13