Engineers preparing the LunaH-Map (Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper) before its installation in the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Orion stage adapter along with several other small satellites. Artemis I provides a rare opportunity for CubeSats, each about the size of a shoebox to hitch a ride to deep space. Once deployed from the rocket, the CubeSat will orbit the Moon for two months while measuring the distribution and amount of hydrogen throughout the Moons South Pole. Confirming and mapping these deposits in detail will help NASA understand how the water got there, how much water might be available, and how it could potentially serve as a resource for longer exploration missions on the Moon. Photographed inside NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

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