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After Surviving a Trip to the Moon, Manikins Helga and Zohar Are Back Home for Analysis
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission may not have had real astronauts on board the Orion capsule, but there was an inanimate crew that went on the lunar trip. Two of the manikins that took part in the inaugural mission have been returned to their home in Germany, where the data they collected will be used to…
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NASA Begins Inspection of Orion Spacecraft, Freshly Returned From the Moon
The Artemis 1 demonstration mission ended with a Pacific Ocean splash on December 11, but the task of evaluating the returned capsule, including its heat shield and internal payloads, has only begun.
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NASA’s Moon-Bound Orion Spacecraft Captures Goodbye Pic of Earth
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is in full swing, with the agency’s SLS megarocket blasting off earlier this morning from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The freshly launched Orion spacecraft is heading to the Moon, but it captured a sweet view of Earth before saying goodbye.
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NASA’s ‘Moonikin’ Will Boldly Go Where No Test Dummy Has Gone Before
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…