LunaH-Map (Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper)

After deploying from the Artemis I Space Launch System rocket, NASA's LunaH-Map spacecraft was powered on and communicating with Earth 5 hours and 33 minutes following launch on Nov. 16. Shortly after deployment, the operations team made first radio contact with the spacecraft and transitioned it out of beacon mode. Over the next 24 hours, …

NASA's Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) CubeSat was launched by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis I mission on Nov. 17. LunaH-Map, developed by Arizona State University and sponsored by NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD), will measure the distribution and amount of hydrogen throughout the Moon's South Pole. If successful, the LunaH-Map …