First Permanent Human Colony Opens on the Moon as 48 Residents Move Into Shackleton Station
3 hours ago — Shackleton Station, a cluster of eleven pressurized domes near the Moon's south pole, was declared officially open at 6:00 a.m. ET, when the last of its 48 founding residents passed through the main airlock ...
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Shackleton Station Declared Open as Humanity's First Permanent Settlement Beyond Earth
4 hours ago — Press release ILSA-26-117. All 48 founding residents from 14 member nations are now in residence at the lunar south pole. 72 more planned by late 2027 ...
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Lunar colony officially opens: what we know about Shackleton Station
2 hours ago — Eleven domes, 48 residents, a greenhouse growing strawberries and a buried fission reactor. Here's everything we know about the first permanent lunar colony ...
Can Shackleton Crater's ice really support a growing colony?
2 hours ago — Scientists question the undisclosed cost and the crater's ice reserves as the settlement authority promises a full environmental report next month ...
Meet the 48 people who now live on the Moon
1 hour ago — A former Air Force test pilot, a hydroponics farmer from Kenya and a doctor who says "everyone spills everything." These are the first residents of the lunar colony ...
Shackleton Station - OpenAtlas Encyclopedia
Shackleton Station is the first permanent human settlement on the Moon, located on the rim of Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole. It opened on October 27, 2026 ...