Campos, Helga and Zohar flew around the moon last month to help NASA prep for crewed lunar missions.
On the recent mission, Orion ventured into a high-radiation zone nearly 270,000 miles from
. That's an environment that only a handful of Apollo astronauts ever encountered, back in the 1960s and 1970s when measuring instruments were not as precise as today's generation. than any human-rated spacecraft ever had before, breaking the distance record set by Apollo 13 in April 1970.German Space Agency mannequins Zohar and Helga are unpacked from the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 11, 2023.
To assess radiation and the mitigation efforts that could counter its worst effects, the DLR mannequin Zohar sported a protective vest from Israeli partner StemRad, while Helga flew without one to serve as a control. Moonikin Campos also sported dual radiation sensors, along with a set of acceleration sensors beneath his seat and headrest. The additional sensors measured the gravity loads of launch, landing and other big mission events for human safety.
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