What will be the next Sea of Tranquility? NASA is sending humans back to the Moon, and we just announced the 13 candidate landing regions. Picking a landing site requires careful consideration of a variety factors. What is the terrain like? The lighting conditions? What science could be accomplished there? How easy is it to communicate with Earth? Each of the 13 candidate regions is located within six degrees of latitude of the lunar South Pole and, collectively, contain diverse geologic features. The Moon’s South Pole is especially interesting because it contains valuable resources, such as water, and very old rock formations, which could help scientists unravel billions of years of solar system history. To select the regions, a team of scientists and engineers assessed the area near the lunar South Pole using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and decades of lunar science. This image is a rendering of 13 candidate landing regions for Artemis III made with data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Each region is approximately 9.3 by 9.3 miles (15 by 15 kilometers). A landing site is a location within those regions with an approximate 328-foot (100-meter) radius. Stay tuned for more on our @NASAArtemis missions.