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Artemis II Secondary Payloads Blog and Photos (Photo Release)
Technicians install the Korea AeroSpace Administration's (KASA) K-Rad Cube within the Orion stage adapter inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida - on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.
The K-Rad Cube, about the size of a shoebox, is one of the CubeSats slated to fly on NASA’s Artemis II test flight in 2026.
Deploying in high-Earth orbit from a spacecraft adapter on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket after Orion is safely flying on its own with its crew of four astronauts, K-Rad Cube will use a dosimeter made of material designed to mimic human tissue to measure space radiation and assess biological effects at various altitudes across the Van Allen radiation belts, a critical area of research for human presence at the Moon and Mars.
Source: NASA.Gov
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NASA / Frank Michaux
NASA / Frank Michaux
NASA / Frank Michaux
