Artemis III is landing here? Part 2 (NASA, JAXA/NHK)

See the second half of the amazing, steep terrain perspectives of 8 of the 13 landing region candidates for Artemis III. The video was captured by the lunar satellite SELENE (Kaguya). Part 1 has the other landing candidates. The arrows show the options of the ridges in the 15 km by 15 km landing region candidates. Each of the 13 regions contains multiple potential landing sites for Artemis III. A 200-meter diameter circular area will be chosen for the specific landing site. Specific landing sites are tightly coupled to the timing of the launch window, so multiple regions ensure flexibility to launch throughout the year. All regions considered are scientifically significant because of their proximity to the lunar South Pole, which is an area that contains permanently shadowed regions rich in resources and in terrain unexplored by humans. “Several of the proposed sites within the regions are located among some of the oldest parts of the Moon, and together with the permanently shadowed regions, provide the opportunity to learn about the history of the Moon through previously unstudied lunar materials,” said Sarah Noble, Artemis lunar science lead for NASA’s Planetary Science Division. All 13 regions contain sites that provide continuous access to sunlight throughout a 6.5-day period – the planned duration of the Artemis III surface mission. Access to sunlight is critical for a long-term stay at the Moon because it provides a power source and minimizes temperature variations. Arrows point near the center of the 15 km by 15 km landing region candidates. The regions are deceptively large since it is difficult to know the distances at various depths through the video. The low angle lighting is the most challenging aspect of determining locations. The Lunar South Pole gets sunlight from low in its horizon so the lunar landscape shadows make it a very challenging 3D puzzle indeed. Many thanks to the "Lunar and Planetary Institute" for sharing their lunar topology maps. The maps were invaluable for helping me to properly determine locations between the video and Nasa's landing location images (especially Nasa's images showing close-up landing location details). Japan’s SELENE (Kaguya) lunar satellite was orbiting when the Earth-Set was captured on September 30, 2008. The satellite surveyed the moon between 2007 and 2009. I hope you will subscribe so you’ll be notified when new videos are published:    / @michaellaman   The data used to make this video is Copyright “JAXA/NHK” and is not used commercially here. Data is also provided from NASA. Information in this description was found at https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/na.... Music: “Togetherness” by Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com. I am not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with JAXA, NASA or NHK.