NASA sent a human doll as a prelude to the Artemis mission.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON – The American Space Agency (NASA) is preparing a new mission to send humans to the Moon. For starters, NASA will send a human doll. NASA will send a human dummy aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft to test it.
During this time, NASA often uses humans in training scenarios, such as testing whether astronauts are capable of emergency medical intervention. However, a substitute human or nicknamed as Moonkin is not the only one taking part in this mission.
On NASA’s spacecraft, there will also be two anatomical models known as phantom torsos. The two models were named Helga and Zohar.
The two will sit at the bottom of the spacecraft and will take part in the AstroRad Matroshka Radiation Experiment (MARE). The goal is to measure the space radiation that astronauts can experience on lunar missions, as well as test the usefulness of the AstroRad vest.
Vest AstroRad designed to be personal protective equipment to protect astronauts from exposure to space radiation beyond Earth’s magnetosphere. This vest has been sent to the International Space Station for the AstroRad Radiation Garment Evaluation study (CHARGE) Comfort and Human Factors to test the vest in a microgravity environment. This study will help improve the fit and function of the vests made by the StemRad company.
Both tests are being carried out by NASA in partnership with the Israel Space Agency (ISA). The mission will also see AstoRad as a critical component to NASA’s future space exploration plans.
Well, Moonkin does not currently have a name. NASA is holding a contest via social media Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram so that people can choose from a number of names.
The candidate’s proposed name, namely ACE which stands for Artemis Crew Explorer, Campos is dedicated to Arturo Campos who helped bring home Apollo 13. Next up is Delos, the island where Artemis is said to have been born.
Next up, Duhart, was named after Kennedy Space Center chief medical officer Irene Duhart. Rigel, named for the giant superstar in the constellation Orion. Shackleton, a reference to craters at the Moon’s south pole and after the famous Antarctic explorer, and Wargo, a tribute to NASA’s first chief exploration scientist Michael Wargo. How, what name is the most interesting?
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