[HN Gopher] A small fleet of CubeStats joins three mannequins, f... ___________________________________________________________________ A small fleet of CubeStats joins three mannequins, fungus, algae on Artemis-1 Author : Amorymeltzer Score : 84 points Date : 2022-11-16 18:30 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (spectrum.ieee.org) (TXT) w3m dump (spectrum.ieee.org) | cwkoss wrote: | "mannequins" are really three human-shaped sensor packages | JoeDaDude wrote: | I thought they were referring to Snoopy and Shawn the Sheep | plushies, both of which were to be on Artemis-1 as zero G | indicators. | | https://science.howstuffworks.com/snoopy-artemis.htm | cuSetanta wrote: | One of the payloads that was meant to fly on Artemis-1 will be | hitching a ride with my launch in a few days: | https://spacenews.com/japanese-lunar-lander-with-nasa-ridesh... | | We will get it to the Moon a bit slower than Artemis, but it will | get there. | gen3 wrote: | Hey, that's awesome! Do you know if there are plans to release | the data publicly (or where I will find it when it does?) | ops wrote: | (not the op, but I do have some insight here) | | At a minimum, CuSP data will be available via PySPEDAS: | | https://github.com/spedas/pyspedas | | If you're interested in accessing science data from | spacecraft, you should check it out! | cuSetanta wrote: | I haven't heard much discussion about any data being released | from us or our payloads. Since it is a very commercialised | mission I wouldn't expect too much, but if there is anything | I will definitely share it here (if thats allowed). | eointierney wrote: | I love the almost casual awesomeness of people on hn. Thank you | all in general and cuSetanta right now | krasin wrote: | Good luck with your launch and the mission. Is there a way for | us to follow it? | cuSetanta wrote: | ispace as a company is not particularly good at publicising | their work, which could be a cultural thing, as they are the | only Japanese company I have worked for. | | But their LinkedIn will have updates as we apprach the launch | (hopefully byt the end of this month): | https://www.linkedin.com/company/ispace-inc | | I will also be posting updates as things are happening on my | LinkedIn, which is in my profile. | | Also, if you want to read more, these two blogs have a lot of | cool information about our mission and the others involved in | this "new space race": | | https://lunarbusinessreview.substack.com/ | | https://blog.jatan.space/ | krasin wrote: | Thank you! And best of luck with the mission. | jerrysievert wrote: | * CubeSats | | The article headline as it reads now is: | | > Here's All the Science Hitching a Ride on Artemis-1 A small | fleet of CubeStats joins three mannequins, fungus, algae, and | more on a trip to the Moon and back | | The article itself correctly calls them CubeSats. | [deleted] | actionfromafar wrote: | My brain did a segfault numerous times. | topaz0 wrote: | Note that "CubeStat" is likely a typo for "CubeSat", even though | it does appear in the headline of the real article. "CubeStat" | doesn't appear in the body of the article, and it is not a | familiar term to me (as CubeSat is). | [deleted] | rd wrote: | A cubesat from my high school is launching on Nov 21st, 2022 from | the Kennedy Space Center on SpX-26 ISS resupply. I worked on it | five years ago so it's really cool to see this stuff finally | coming to fruition. | cuSetanta wrote: | Thats awesome, I am looking forward to watching the launch from | the facility here in the Cape. I will cheer it on for you! | tiagod wrote: | Is there a list somewhere of each CubeSat and their payloads? | mousetree wrote: | It's pronounced CubeStat /s | Kaibeezy wrote: | Comment appears to be sarcasm, a form of humour /helpful | | ETA: /also s | jerrysievert wrote: | Yes, in the section "Artemis Science Payloads" - it has all 10, | photos, mission objectives, and descriptions. | lapetitejort wrote: | > The European Space Agency describes the ArgoMoon CubeSat as "a | space version of the Lakitu the cloud camera turtle from Mario." | | Finally, third person view for spacecraft. | kloch wrote: | Were these amateur/hobbyist cubesats or were they all | proposed/sourced by NASA? | ciucnru wrote: ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-11-16 23:00 UTC)