Fig. 2. LunaH-Map could detect hydrogen within craters and other permanently shadowed regions throughout the Moon’s south pole. It is a 6U CubeSat, one unit is a cube measuring about 4.7 inches (about 12 cm) on one side, and 6 of these CubeSat building (IMAGE)

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Fig. 2. LunaH-Map could detect hydrogen within craters and other permanently shadowed regions throughout the Moon’s south pole. It is a 6U CubeSat, one unit is a cube measuring about 4.7 inches (about 12 cm) on one side, and 6 of these CubeSat building

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Fig. 2. LunaH-Map could detect hydrogen within craters and other permanently shadowed regions throughout the Moon’s south pole. It is a 6U CubeSat, one unit is a cube measuring about 4.7 inches (about 12 cm) on one side, and 6 of these CubeSat building blocks together weigh about 30 pounds (about 13.6 kg). The micro-spacecraft will begin a 60-day scientific mission, including 141 scientific orbits 

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