Caption This mosaic of two images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the inside of crater Gassendi on the Moon. AMIE obtained these ...

By tonight, it’s reached the crater Gassendi in the lunar southwest. Check out that region with a telescope to explore the dynamic surface of our satellite. Gassendi sits on the northwestern rim ...

As for Gassendi, Apollo 17 was tentatively targeted for a region south of the central peaks rising in the crater, with the hopes of finding ancient rocks in the highlands, according to NASA.