Moon siteSouth polar region (south of 80°S)7 mission records, 3 not yet launched
Missions to Mons Mouton
7 mission records in this dataset name Mons Mouton: 4 launched and 3 not yet launched (Intuitive Machines IM-4, PROSPECT, VIPER).
Map positions are display geometry, not landing points. This site in the Moon map's site list.
Facts
- IAU name
- Mons Mouton
- Gazetteer type
- Mons
- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Feature 16070Accessed 2026-10-31
- Centre
- 84.60°S, 31.00°EPlanetographic, east positive. The named feature's centre, not a landing point.
- Diameter
- 130.00 km
- North-south extent
- 83.30°S to 86.22°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)
Where it is
Mission records
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Athena lander) | Spacecraft | Intuitive Machines | Mons Mouton region, lunar south pole (landed inside a nearby crater) | Ended · outcome: Partial | Not carried |
| Lunar Outpost Lunar Voyage 1 (MAPP rover on IM-2) | Payload | Lunar Outpost | Lunar south pole region (IM-2 landing site near Mons Mouton) | Ended · outcome: Failure | Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Athena lander) |
| PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1) | Payload | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Mons Mouton region, lunar south pole; landed in a crater off target (NASA text says about 400 m, NASA caption about 820 ft, NTRS slides about 500 m) | Ended · outcome: Partial | Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Athena lander) |
| Puli Lunar Water Snooper (PLWS) on IM-2 | Instrument | Puli Space Technologies | Lunar south pole region: IM-2 was planned to land at Mons Mouton and touched down about 400 m from its intended site; PLWS was mounted on IM's Micro Nova hopper | Ended · outcome: Unknown | Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Athena lander) |
| Intuitive Machines IM-4 (Nova-C lander, NASA CLPS task order CP-22) | Spacecraft | Intuitive Machines | Mons Mouton, near the lunar south pole | In development · Planned 2027 (target) | Not carried |
| PROSPECT (Package for Resource Observation, in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Characterisation & Testing) | Payload | European Space Agency | Mons Mouton, lunar south pole region | Manifested · Planned 2027 (target) | Intuitive Machines IM-4 (Nova-C lander, NASA CLPS task order CP-22) |
| VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)Placed from this record's own target site; its carrier's record does not name this site. | Payload | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Mons Mouton, lunar south pole region | In development | Blue Moon Mark 1 (second lander) - VIPER delivery |
| 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
- Cabeus craterLunar south pole; 1 mission record, none still planned
- Haworth craterLunar south pole; 2 mission records, 2 not yet launched
- Lunar south pole missions23 records, 15 not yet launched
Cite this page
SpaceMiningData, “Missions to Mons Mouton”, dataset version a00fa2c68a45, built 2026-11-11, https://spaceminingdata.com/sites/mons-mouton.html. Position: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature; USGS Astrogeology Science Center), feature 16070, accessed 2026-10-31. A named feature's centre is not a landing point.