The mission is packed with gear designed to help humans learn how to thrive far from home.
won't be empty. In fact, stowed aboard the capsule are a suite of experiments designed to help keep astronauts safe on future Artemis flights — a major focus being exposure to deep-space radiation. are hitching a ride aboard Artemis 1, with three focused on radiation.
The moonikin will also be wearing NASA's new Orion Crew Survival System Suit. The orange flight suit resembles similar suits used duringmissions but features a plethora of upgrades. In an interview with Space.com, Kirstyn Johnson, the deputy team lead for Orion's new suit at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, described some of those upgrades.
The suit's familiar orange color is"iconic," said Johnson, and allows rescue teams to more easily spot astronauts in the event of an in-flight emergency. The suit launching on Artemis 1 fits the moonikin perfectly, and once assembly begins on suits for real astronauts, each will be custom-built for the wearer, as opposed to the comparable one-size-fits-most suits from the shuttle era. NASA's"Moonikin Arturo Campos" is flying on the Artemis 1 mission.
The phantoms have their own names, Helga and Zohar, and each is equipped with over 6,000 passive radiation detectors and 34 active radiation detectors. The pair will serve as part of the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment , an international research partnership between the German Aerospace Center, the Israel Space Agency and NASA.
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