Sarkari Naukri

25 September 2021 Current Affairs:The International Astronomical Union has named a crater at the Moon’s south pole after the Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, a Black man who in 1909 was one of the first human beings to stand at the very top of the world. 

Highlights:
♦ The inspiration to identify the crater after Henson was  put forth by Jordan Bretzfelder who is an Exploration Science summer intern with Lunar & Planetary Institute, in Houston. Artemis Programme was once launched with the aid of NASA which pursued to land the subsequent slate of lunar explorers on the Henson Crater. They will be selected from NASA’s increasingly numerous astronaut pool. Henson Crater is placed between Sverdrup and de Gerlache craters at the south pole of the Moon. This program affords a cornerstone to learn about planetary methods as well as to create the infrastructure to enhance human exploration at the Moon and on Mars.
♦ Henson was a skilled explorer. He stood at the front traces of nearly a dozen Arctic expeditions that were prepared through Robert Peary over the period of 18 years, including the one that reached the North Pole. The last push of that expedition was made through Henson. He was born in Maryland in 1866.