{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"104208","title":"Adventurer and space visionary embarks on a new journey at ASU","body":"Julia Tizard Hunter is an explorer in every sense of the word.In fact, Hunter\u2019s most recent adventure was a 10-month voyage across the Pacific Ocean with her husband and two sons, aged 8 and 10 years old, which she completed earlier this month.Now Hunter is bringing that impressive sense of\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-01-30T13:15:03-07:00\u0022\u003E01\/30\/2025-1:15pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Julia Tizard Hunter\u0026#039;s career has focused on space and Earth together, so the explorer-in-residence role at ASU\u0026#039;s Interplanetary Initiative felt like a natural fit.","teaser":"Julia Tizard Hunter is an explorer in every sense of the word.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-01\/Julia-Tizard-Hunter-ASU.jpg?itok=nfSvuh7F","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250130-environment-and-sustainability-adventurer-and-space-visionary-embarks-new-journey-asu","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Knowledge Enterprise","contributor-contact-information-name":"Alicia Barr\u00f3n","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-01\/Julia-Tizard-Hunter-ASU.jpg?itok=nfSvuh7F","image_alt":"A sailboat on open water with Julia Tizard Hunter steering, rocky landmass in the distance, and clouds in the sky.","image_caption":"Photo courtesy of Julia Tizard Hunter","related_story":"","news_units":"Interplanetary Initiative|Knowledge Enterprise","interests":"Luna Map|Mentoring|Education|Energy|Ecology|Life Science|Community involvement|Sustainability|Community partnerships","audiences":"Faculty|Staff|Employees","locations":"Tempe campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"TRIF","content_type":"asu_news_article","field_saf":"Environment and sustainability"}},{"node":{"nid":"89866","title":"ASU-led LunaH-Map spacecraft safely delivered to NASA\u0027s Kennedy Space Center","body":"The ASU-led team that built NASA\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or \u201cLunaH-Map\u201d for short, has safely delivered their spacecraft to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a launch expected later this year on\u0026nbsp;NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis I rocket.LunaH-Map is\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222021-07-20T10:29:00-07:00\u0022\u003E07\/20\/2021-10:29am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The ASU-led team that built NASA\u2019s Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or \u201cLunaH-Map\u201d for short, has safely delivered their spacecraft to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a launch expected later this year on NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis I rocket.","teaser":"The ASU-led team that built NASA\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or \u201cLunaH-Map\u201d for short, has safely delivered their spacecraft to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a launch expe","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/hero_spacecraft_0.jpg?itok=uqanWQlL","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20210720-discoveries-asu-led-lunah-map-spacecraft-safely-delivered-nasas-kennedy-space-center","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"School of Earth and Space Exploration","contributor-contact-information-name":"Karin Valentine","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-965-9345","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/hero_spacecraft_0.jpg?itok=uqanWQlL","image_alt":"","image_caption":"The LunaH-Map spacecraft, which is a CubeSat about the size of a large cereal box, is ASU\u2019s first NASA mission to be led, designed and built on the ASU Tempe campus. 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It\u2019s going to look for ice\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222017-09-26T16:00:00-07:00\u0022\u003E09\/26\/2017-4:00pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"It\u2019s a spacecraft the size of a shoebox, and, if all goes well, it will launch on a voyage to the moon in about two years. NASA greenlit the LunaH-Map mission two years ago \u2014\u00a0the first NASA mission for Arizona State University\u2019s School of Earth and Space Exploration. It\u2019s going to look for ice on the moon, which can be used for water or fuel in the push to Mars. This past summer, LunaH-Map passed a huge milestone: a critical design review from NASA, an in-depth technical review to ensure a system can proceed into reality from plans and can meet stated performance requirements within cost, schedule and risk. 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