▁ ▁Liter ature ▁▁▁ ▁Category : A cadem ia ▁Category : P ed ag ogy <0x0A> </s> ▁L un ar ▁Ice C ube ▁is ▁a ▁planned ▁NASA ▁n anos at ellite ▁orb iter ▁mission ▁to ▁prospect , ▁locate , ▁and ▁estimate ▁amount ▁and ▁composition ▁of ▁water ▁ice ▁depos its ▁on ▁the ▁Moon ▁for ▁future ▁explo itation ▁by ▁rob ots ▁or ▁humans . ▁It ▁will ▁fly ▁as ▁a ▁secondary ▁payload ▁mission ▁on ▁Ar tem is ▁ 1 ▁( former ly ▁known ▁as ▁Ex pl oration ▁Mission ▁ 1 ), ▁the ▁first ▁flight ▁of ▁the ▁Space ▁La unch ▁System , ▁planned ▁to ▁launch ▁in ▁ 2 0 2 1 . ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁The ▁lun ar ▁mission ▁was ▁designed ▁by ▁More head ▁State ▁University ▁and ▁its ▁partners , ▁the ▁B use k ▁Company , ▁NASA ▁God d ard ▁Space fl ight ▁Center , ▁and ▁The ▁Catholic ▁University ▁of ▁America ▁( C U A ). ▁It ▁was ▁selected ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁by ▁NASA ' s ▁Next ST EP ▁program ▁(' Next ▁Space ▁Techn ologies ▁for ▁Ex pl oration ▁Part ners hips ') ▁and ▁awarded ▁a ▁contract ▁worth ▁up ▁to ▁$ 7 . 9 ▁million ▁for ▁further ▁development . ▁ ▁The ▁L un ar ▁Ice C ube ▁space craft ▁will ▁have ▁a ▁ 6 U ▁C ube S at ▁format , ▁and ▁a ▁mass ▁of ▁about ▁ ≈ . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁th ir teen ▁C ube S ats ▁planned ▁to ▁be ▁carried ▁on ▁board ▁the ▁ma iden ▁flight ▁of ▁the