MOON'S SOUTH POLE: WHAT MAKES IT SO FASCINATING?

+ Occurance of water ice in permanently shadowed areas around it

+ Unique craters where sunlight cannot reach their interiors

+ Some of the craters in the Moon's South Pole have not received sunlight for billions of years

+ Temperatures here could dip as low as -203 degrees Celsius

+ Cold traps that contain fossil records of hydrogen, water ice, and other volatiles dating from the early Solar System

+ These craters hold clues to early life