But the reason NOVA-C is landing where it is, about 300 kilometers from the south pole, has more to do with how the whole world is now thinking about the moon.

Three staff members from the U.S. National Science Foundation were medically evacuated during extreme cold and dark ...

Roughly seven hours after departure, we landed on ice.  The remnants of a 1970 Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation crash were noticeable nearby.

The South Pole Food Growth Chamber at full bloom. The hydroponic greenhouse was built during the winter of 2004, and it went into full operation the next year. It’s a model for how colonies on ...

Photo Courtesy: Church Group Web site An aerial view of the QUaD telescope in the reflective ground shield at South Pole. The shield prevents interference from the ground. The experiment […] ...

Days after Russia failed to put a lander on the moon, the Indian Space Research Organization will try to become the first country to land on the moon's south pole on Wednesday.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. At the South Pole, there’s a science experiment that makes the Burj Khalifa—the world’s tallest building—look small.

On Tuesday, the Twin Otter propeller plane flew through the darkness to the South Pole, landing on a runway – a 2,000–foot strip of ice – lit up by the glow of burning debris in barrels.

Stephen Padin, the South Pole station science leader, will be featured on the network's broadcast "Planet Earth 2007: Seven Ways to Help Save the World." Padin is spending the southern winter at ...

People on the project live and work in this building. In the winter the South Pole Station houses 40-50 people, but in the summer there are about 2-300 people in the camp. During the summer season ...