posted 08-15-2022 05:39 PM               

Of the ten CubeSats on Artemis I, most, if not all, have mission insignia.

• Lunar IceCube – Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
  Searching for water in all forms and other volatiles with an infrared spectrometer

• LunaH-Map – Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
  Creating higher-fidelity maps of near-surface hydrogen in craters and other permanently shadowed regions of the lunar South Pole with neutron spectrometers
  

• LunIR – Lockheed Martin, Denver, Colorado
  Performing advanced infrared imaging of the lunar surface
  

• OMOTENASHI – JAXA, Japan
  Developing the world’s smallest lunar lander and studying the lunar environment
  

• CuSP – Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
  Measuring particles and magnetic fields as a space weather station
  

• BioSentinel – Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, California
  Using single-celled yeast to detect, measure and compare the impact of deep-space radiation on living organisms over a long period of time

• EQUULEUS – University of Tokyo/JAXA, Japan
  Imaging the Earth’s plasmasphere for a better understanding of Earth’s radiation environment from Earth-Moon LaGrange 2 point
  

• NEA Scout – Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
  Traveling by solar sail to a near-Earth asteroid and taking pictures and other characterizations of its surface
  

• ArgoMoon – Italian Space Agency (ASI)
  Observing the interim cryogenic propulsion stage with advanced optics and software imaging system

• Team Miles – Tampa, Florida
  Demonstrating propulsion using plasma thrusters and competing in NASA’s Deep Space Derby