NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract to deliver a pair of rovers and three scientific instruments to ...

A Central Texas space company is on a victory lap. After successfully touching down on the Moon this past spring, a feat ...

Roughly seven hours after departure, we landed on ice.  The remnants of a 1970 Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation crash were noticeable nearby.

The South Pole is warming at a rate nearly three times faster than the global average, scientists have discovered. And much of that warming is linked to climate cycles happening thousands of miles ...

I live on the South Pole and challenges are extreme — I struggle to breathe By Alex Mitchell Published Oct. 16, 2023, 6:19 p.m. ET ...

The observed South Pole temperature, with measurements dating back to 1957, shows 30-year temperature swings ranging from more than 1℃ of cooling during the 20th century to more than 1.8℃ of ...

Most of West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula were warming during the late 20th century. But the South Pole—in the remote and high-altitude continental interior— cooled until the 1980s.

It is the Poles, however, which have become the ultimate bucket list travel destination. Today, it’s possible to travel to both the North Pole and the South Pole. It’s not cheap. Those two ...

Hey, we had made it to the South Pole, where explorers Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott had first ventured, in 1911 and 1912, respectively, with Scott dying on his return trek.

Just like Amundsen's south pole party 100 years ago, they are completely autonomous, carrying with them everything they'll need for the journey, down to the last sheet of toilet paper.

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg unveils an ice sculpture of polar explorer Roald Amundsen on the South Pole, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011.

Robert F. Scott wasn’t first to the South Pole, but a century later his scientific feat is recognized.