NASA named a huge moon landmark after a prominent Black mathematician who worked during at the agency the “Hidden Figures” era.
The name of Melba Mouton (1929–1990) will be designated by NASA on a Delaware-size flat moon mountain near the water-rich lunar south pole. The moon’s south pole is a target of Artemis program astronauts, who are expected to land as soon as 2025.Â
The mountain is one of 13 candidate landing sites for Artemis 3, and is adjacent to where the agency’s ice-hunting VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) lunar rover will touch down in 2024 or so upon Astrobotic’s Griffin lunar lander. It was the VIPER team who proposed Mons Mouton’s name, NASA officials stated Wednesday (Feb. 15).
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