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Korea AeroSpace Administration poster (February 2026)

Document: ip-kasa.pdf, one page, 2,811,740 bytes, from https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ (sources/manifest.csv). Listed as "Korea AeroSpace Administration" on NASA's Architecture Workshops page, which carries a generic line under it ("Explore hands-on activities, interactive, lesson plans …") instead of the standard poster line (Architecture Workshops page). The workshop was on 24–25 February 2026 (deck). Text: sources/text/docs/2026-03-ip-kasa.txt; image sources/raw/slides/2026-03-ip-kasa/slide-01.jpg, read to place the dates and specifications (the text layer scatters them). Footer: "2026 Moon to Mars Architecture Workshops", "NASA x ASI".

Whose material. KASA's own poster, not NASA's architecture (SCHEMA, "Workshop slides").

Summary. "Korea AeroSpace Administration, Republic of Korea": four missions on the left, and a "Space Exploration Roadmap (2026)" from 2025 to 2045 on the right, with rows for low Earth orbit and microgravity, lunar exploration, Sun and space science, planetary exploration and astrophysics. "Korea's Space Exploration Roadmap outlines a long-term strategic path to secure independent space capability and foster a lunar economy through an incremental series of missions to the Moon and Mars."

What the poster says

  • Danuri (KPLO, "Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter"), "the world's 7th lunar orbiter": launch "Aug. 2022", operation start "Jan. 2023", planned end of mission "Dec. 2023" (greyed), "1st extension Through Dec. 2025 (Approved in Jun. 2023)", "2nd extension Through Dec. 2027 (Approved in Feb. 2025)", "Planned disposal Mar. 2028". Instruments: "LUTI (Lunar Terrain Imager) (KARI)", "ShadowCam (ASU, NASA)", "PolCam (KHU, KASI, SaTReC)", "DTNPL (Delay/Distruption Tolerant Networking PayLoad) (ETRI)", "KPLO Gamma Ray Spectrometer (KIGAM)", "KPLO Magnetometer (KHU)".
  • K-RadCube (Artemis-II), "an Artemis II rideshare payload" that "monitors space radiation environments within the Van Allen belts", to "Support future crewed exploration by providing key insights into lunar radiation exposure"; 12U, "~19 kg"; payloads "K-RAD-PD, K-RAD-SS, K-RAD-SK".
  • "CLPS Participation": "As a participant in NASA's CLPS initiative, KASA develops lunar science payloads": LUSEM ("LUnar Space Environment Monitor", high-energy particles at the Reiner Gamma swirl), LVRad ("Lunar Vehicle Radiation Dosimeter", radiation and "subsurface water content"), LSMag ("Lunar Surface Magnetometer"), GrainCams ("dual cameras on a rover to observe the 3D microstructure of lunar soil and the behavior of levitating dust particles").
  • KPLL ("Korea Pathfinder Lunar Lander"): "Launch Schedule: 2032 via the Korea Next-generation Launch Vehicle (KSLV-III)"; "Demonstrate autonomous pin-point and soft landing"; "Accommodates ~43kg of scientific instruments and rovers"; "~1,800 kg" wet mass; "Payloads: To be determined by early 2026".
  • The roadmap's lunar row runs from "Secure Fundamental Technologies for Lunar Exploration" through "Enhance Lunar Exploration and Commercialization" to "Establish Lunar Economy Base", with a lunar lander, instruments, mobility ("medium-class swarm", "AI driven autonomy"), "Lunar Infrastructure Technologies (communications, power, constructions, etc.)" and a "Lunar Economy Base" by about 2045 (read from the image; the small print was not transcribed in full).

Against the architecture (the wiki's comparison)

  • ADD Rev C on Korea. RT-1 lists KASA in joint technical studies and among the Artemis II CubeSat providers, KASI among CLPS payload providers, and ShadowCam on KPLO (ADD Rev C, pp. 84–86; RT-1). The poster's K-RadCube, CLPS payloads and ShadowCam are on the same subjects; the poster credits the CLPS payloads to KASA.
  • The poster gives no CLPS flight or date (CLPS). No "Moon Base" (searched).

Oddities

RT-1 International Collaboration · 2026 international partners workshop deck · CLPS