Missions to Haworth crater
2 mission records in this dataset name Haworth crater: 2 not yet launched (Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 4, MoonRanger micro-rover).
Map positions are display geometry, not landing points. This site in the Moon map's site list.
Facts
- IAU name
- Haworth
- Gazetteer type
- Crater
- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Feature 14502Accessed 2026-10-31
- Centre
- 87.45°S, 5.17°WPlanetographic, east positive. The named feature's centre, not a landing point.
- Diameter
- 51.42 km
- North-south extent
- 86.60°S to 88.30°SDrawn as the dashed circle on the map; the record's site lies in or near it.
- Side of the Moon
- South polar region (south of 80°S)
- Placement note
Firefly names the rim of Haworth crater, about 40 km south of Mons Malapert, and has not published exact coordinates, so the crater centre is shown. It is not a landing point.
Where it is
Mission records
2 recordsEach record's own target site, verbatim. Payloads and instruments are placed by their own record's target site.
| Mission | Kind | Operator | Target site in the record | Status | Carried by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 4 (NASA CLPS task order CS-6, lunar south pole) | Spacecraft | Firefly Aerospace | Lunar south pole region, about 40 km south of Mons Malapert on the rim of Haworth crater (Firefly); exact coordinates not published | In development · Planned, no earlier than 2029 | Not carried |
| MoonRanger micro-rover (Astrobotic / Carnegie Mellon University, Neutron Spectrometer System) | Payload | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Lunar south pole region (Blue Ghost Mission 4 landing area on the rim of Haworth crater) | Manifested · Planned, no earlier than 2029 | Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 4 (NASA CLPS task order CS-6, lunar south pole) |
| Nothing recorded. | |||||
Other Moon sites
- Mare FrigorisMoon near side; 2 mission records, none still planned
- Atlas craterMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
- Mons RümkerMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
- Sinus ViscositatisMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
- Mons LatreilleMoon near side; 1 mission record, none still planned
- Nassau craterMoon far side; 1 mission record, 1 not yet launched
- Apollo basinMoon far side; 1 mission record, none still planned
- Mons MoutonLunar south pole; 7 mission records, 3 not yet launched
- Cabeus craterLunar south pole; 1 mission record, none still planned
- Lunar south pole missions23 records, 15 not yet launched
Cite this page
SpaceMiningData, “Missions to Haworth crater”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/sites/haworth-crater.html. Position: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature; USGS Astrogeology Science Center), feature 14502, accessed 2026-10-31. A named feature's centre is not a landing point.