Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper

Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper
Rendering of the LunaH-Map spacecraft
NamesLunaH-Map
Mission typeLunar orbiter
OperatorArizona State University
COSPAR ID2022-156J
SATCAT no.57685
Websitelunahmap.asu.edu
Mission duration96 days (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftLunaH-Map
Spacecraft typeCubeSat
Bus6U CubeSat
ManufacturerArizona State University
Launch mass14 kg (31 lb)[1]
Dimensions10 cm × 20 cm × 30 cm (3.9 in × 7.9 in × 11.8 in)
Start of mission
Launch date16 November 2022, 06:47:44 UTC[2]
RocketSLS Block 1
Launch siteKSC, LC-39B
ContractorNASA
Orbital parameters
Reference systemSelenocentric orbit (planned, never achieved)
RegimePolar orbit
Periselene altitude5 km (3.1 mi)
Inclination90°
Period10 hours

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Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or LunaH-Map, was one of the 10 CubeSats launched with Artemis 1 on 16 November 2022.[2][3] Along with Lunar IceCube and LunIR, LunaH-Map will help investigate the possible presence of water-ice on the Moon.[1] Arizona State University began development of LunaH-Map after being awarded a contract by NASA in early 2015. The development team consisted of about 20 professionals and students led by Craig Hardgrove, the principal investigator.[4] The mission is a part of NASA's SIMPLEx program.[5]

Probably due to months of launch delays of the Artemis I spacecraft after CubeSats had already been installed on its rocket,[6] the propulsion system failed to fire when needed to insert the probe into lunar orbit. The satellite thus failed its primary science mission, but successfully demonstrated its neutron spectrometer technology, which will be used on future missions.[7]

Objective

LunaH-Map's primary objective was to map the abundance of hydrogen down to one meter beneath the surface of the lunar south pole. It was intended to be inserted into a polar orbit around the Moon, with its periselene located near the lunar south pole, initially passing above Shackleton crater.[1] LunaH-Map will provide a high resolution map of the abundance and distribution of hydrogen rich compounds, like water, in this region of the Moon and expand on the less accurate maps made by previous missions. This information may then be used to improve scientific understanding of how water is created and spread throughout the Solar System or used by future crewed missions for life support and fuel production.[8]

Results from LunaH-Map, along with other long distance CubeSat missions like Mars Cube One, are being used to inform the design of future interplanetary CubeSats.[9]

History

LunaH-Map was conceived in a discussion between Craig Hardgrove and future LunaH-Map chief engineer, Igor Lazbin, about issues with the spatial resolution of various neutron detectors in use around Mars. Instruments like Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons on the Curiosity rover can only make measurements of about 3 m (9.8 ft) in radius from between the rear wheels of the rover, while on orbit neutron detectors, like the High Energy Neutron Detector on the 2001 Mars Odyssey probe, can only provide large, inaccurate maps over hundreds of square kilometers.[8] Similar issues are present in current maps of hydrogen distributions on the Moon, so Hardgrove designed LunaH-Map to orbit closer to the lunar south pole than previous crafts to improve the resolution of these maps.

By April 2015, Hardgrove had assembled a team composed of members of various government, academic and private institutions and drafted a proposal to NASA. In early 2015, LunaH-Map was one of two CubeSats chosen by NASA's Science Mission Directorate through the Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program, along with Q-PACE.[8][10]

Hardware

Because of the scope of this mission, several unique challenges needed to be addressed in implementing hardware. Typical low Earth orbit (LEO) CubeSats can use off-the-shelf hardware, or parts available commercially for other uses, but because LunaH-Map was intended to run longer and travel further than most LEO CubSat missions, commercial parts could not be expected to perform reliably for the mission duration unmodified. Also, unlike most conventional CubeSats, LunaH-Map needed to navigate to its desired orbit after leaving the launch vehicle, so it needed to be equipped with its own propulsion system.[11]

The primary science instrument was a scintillation neutron detector composed of elpasolite (Cs2YLiCl6:Ce or CLYC). This material is a scintillator, which measurably glows when it interacts with thermal and epithermal neutrons. LunaH-Map's neutron detector will consist of an array of eight 2.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm CLYC scintillators.[12][13]

Multiple new technologies were tested by LunaH-Map in addition to its primary instrument. The CubeSat was equipped with a Busek-built ion thruster powered by Iodine fuel. The iodine was stored in a solid form. [14][15] Auto navigation software and a new method for determining spacecraft locations using DSN were also tested during the mission.[15][16]

Mission

LunaH-Map launched with Artemis 1 from Kennedy Space Center on November 16, 2022. It was deployed from the Orion Stage Adapter 5 hours and 33 minutes after launch. Ground controllers were able to contact the CubeSat soon after using NASA's Deep Space Network. They began commissioning spacecraft systems but ran into problems with the propulsion system. As a result LunaH-Map didn't perform the maneuver it was scheduled to during its lunar flyby on November 21.[17]

In spite of the fault with the propulsion system, LunaH-Map returned some data, including neutrons detected during its flyby, and high-altitude images of the moon taken with its star tracker. As of November 2022, NASA planned to conduct an auto-navigation experiment and ranging tests with the Deep Space Network.[17]

The spacecraft missed its second opportunity for lunar orbital insertion in January, 2023, and was then considered for a near-Earth asteroid mission.[6] Six months of attempts to unstick the propulsion valve by heating it failed, and NASA ceased operations on the mission in May, 2023.[7] The spacecraft entered a stable orbit around the Sun.[18] The neutron spectrometer technology successfully demonstrated by LunaH-Map was planned for inclusion on Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE).[18]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Roulette, Joey; Gorman, Steve (16 November 2022). Dunham, Will; Wallis, Daniel; Doyle, Gerry; Stonestreet, John (eds.). "NASA's next-generation Artemis mission heads to moon on debut test flight". Reuters. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ Clark, Stephen (12 October 2021). "Adapter structure with 10 CubeSats installed on top of Artemis moon rocket". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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  6. ^ a b Jeff Foust (17 February 2023). "Deep space smallsats face big challenges". Space News.
  7. ^ a b Katyanna Quach (8 August 2023). "NASA's ice-hunting cubesat lunar mission is over, thanks to a stuck valve". The Register.
  8. ^ a b c Dreier, Casey (2 September 2015). "CubeSats to the Moon". Planetary Society. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  9. ^ Stirone, Shannon (8 October 2015). "CubeSats are Paving Mankind's Way Back to the Moon and Beyond". popsci.com. Popular Science. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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  13. ^ Hardgrove, Craig; et al. (1 March 2020). "The Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper CubeSat Mission". IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine. 35 (3): 54–69. doi:10.1109/MAES.2019.2950747. S2CID 219130387.
  14. ^ "LunaH-Map (Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper)". www.eoportal.org. European Space Agency. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  15. ^ a b "LunaH-Map Press Kit" (PDF). Arizona State University. August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  16. ^ Morton, Erin (7 December 2022). "NASA's LunaH-Map Captures Image of Auriga Constellation – LunaH-Map Mission". blogs.nasa.gov. NASA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  17. ^ a b Wall, Mike (23 November 2022). "Artemis 1 cubesat fails to fire engine as planned during moon flyby". Space.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  18. ^ a b Erin Morton (3 August 2023). "NASA's LunaH-Map Mission Ends, Validates Science Instrument Performance".

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