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First U.S. moon astronauts to be test mannequins
27 Jun 2021, 05:26 GMT+10
ORLANDO, Florida: NASA s Artemis I flight to the moon, planned for late 2021, will have a crew of mannequins to test conditions, prior to a human crew making the trip.
The Artemis I mannequins will allow NASA to evaluate radiation, vibration and impacts from landing, prior to astronauts being sent in an Orion capsule in 2023.
That mission will mark the first time since the Apollo program ended in 1972 that astronauts ventured into Deep Space.
NASA officials said it is necessary to collect new data because technology, spacecraft and medical understandings have advanced significantly since the last moon landing 50 years ago.
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NASA’s ‘Moonikin’ Will Boldly Go Where No Test Dummy Has Gone Before
A naming contest for the inanimate Artemis crew member launches today.
Image: NASA
Should all go according to plan, NASA’s new Space Launch System megarocket will finally leave Earth this November, in a journey that will take an Orion capsule to the Moon and back. No human will fly on this inaugural Artemis mission, but a soon-to-be-named manakin will make the trip along with a pair of simulated torsos.
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NASA’s Space Launch System is coming along nicely, so it’s only natural to start thinking about a crew, or at least, a stand-in for the real crew (the actual Artemis team has already been chosen, in case you’re wondering). Having flesh-and-blood humans participate in an inaugural rocket launch would be unspeakably reckless, which is why NASA is preparing a manikin for the mission.