Future home for lunar dwellers? Radar image captures Shackleton crater. Setting up a lunar outpost at the south pole rim of Shackleton is getting high-marks by some NASA planners. This area of near-permanent sunlight on the rim provides access to power and proximity to a cold trap that may contain water ice. The site is on the floor of the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, the oldest and biggest impact feature on the Moon. Credit: Bruce Campbell/Center for Earth and Planetary Studies

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