Artemis CubeSat Mission in Jeopardy as Engineers Consider Shutdown

The LunaH-Map cubesat, designed to explore possible water-ice reservoirs beneath the Moon's surface, may be shut down by the end of May if engineers cannot ignite its propulsion system. The cubesat may have been compromised due to excessive waiting for launch on board NASA's Space Launch System rocket in advance of the Artemis 1 mission last year. The team is trying to free a stuck valve inside the system, which may be what's preventing the cubesat's thrusters from firing.