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Shackleton Crater Lunar Surface Base
Discovery, Exploration
Jan. 15 2010 CE
The International Lunar South Pole Surface Research Station (ILSPSRS), usually just called Shackleton Base, was established in 2010 CE as part of the International Lunar Exploration Program founded by NASA and Roscosmos in the 1990s. Auspiciously, Shackleton Base was established just days after the formation of the United Nations Aerospace Coalition. Shackleton Base, with the crater's vast store of water ice, was instrumental not only in paving the way for future permanent lunar settlements, but also for the orbital refueling system within Earth-Lunar orbit that allowed for much greater human exploration of the solar system.
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