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Launch
Launch Date:
19 February 2022
Launch Mission:
Launch Operator:
Northrop Grumman
Rocket:
Antares 230+
Launch Vehicle:
Cygnus SS Piers Sellers
Launch Location:
Wallops Island, VA, USA
2022-015B
COSPAR id:
In Space
Host:
International Space Station
Type:
Space Station
Operator:
Multinational
Location:
Low Earth Orbit, Non-Polar Inclined
COSPAR id:
1998-067A
Return
Return Date:
11 January 2023
Return Mission:
CRS-26
Return Vehicle:
Cargo Dragon
Landing Location:
Gulf of Mexico
COSPAR id:
2022-159A
Updated:
8/7/24
status:
Returned
Mission Profile
Partners:



Imagine having a backup of Earth on the Moon’s surface. That’s ELEMENTO.
Imagine having a backup of Earth on the Moon’s surface. That’s ELEMENTO.
The main structure is made of a special space-grade Rhodium-Platinum alloy, the same used to make rocket nozzles and jet igniters, this time with the particularity to have been 3D printed into such a small and complex structure.
As a Kisrhombic Triacontahedron, it has 120 equal facets in which will be placed samples of all the elements that can be found naturally on Earth. All packed with info in what resembles the Earth itself that would be on the Moon for future interplanetary generations.
Dimensions:
1 x 1 x 1 cm
Medium:
space-grade Rhodium-Platinum alloy
Genre:
ELEMENTO
Hady Milani
Italy
2022
2022
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