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SHACKLETON CRATER ON THE MOON
JOINS THE 'JAMES CAIRD' AND 'ENDURANCE' CRATERS ON MARS
Sir Ernest Shackleton continues to conquer space. The moon now boasts a 'Shackleton' crater. Appropriately, the crater, which is 12 miles or 20 km in diametyer, is positioned at the South Pole of the Moon.
This is particularly gratifying, as only recently the Society's President, The Hon. Alexandra Shackleton, was delighted to announce that the 2005 NASA Mars Exploration Rover mission, which named several craters explored by the rover Opportunity after ships of exploration, had named a small Martian crater the 'James Caird'.
Read about the Shackleton crater
The scientific principal investigator for the mission, Steve Squyers, emailed the Society to report the good news, and enclosed a detailed picture indicating the path of the Mars rover and a number of other craters, including a larger one which they named 'Endurance'. Mr.Squyers added that the rover spent a considerable time exploring the interior of 'Endurance' Crater.
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