NASA's uncrewed Artemis mission highlights radiation risk to astronauts
With NASA's crewed mission to the moon only a year away, first results from radiation experiments onboard Artemis 1 suggest short trips are within human limits, but longer missions or travel to Mars may be challenging.
Nasa’s Orion spacecraft ‘safe for lunar astronauts exposed to harmful radiation’
The dummy crew on Orion were fitted with nearly 6,000 sensors that measured radiation exposure as they ventured into space for 25 days, each occupying a passenger seat. Early results, published in ...
How scientists are keeping the Orion spacecraft safe from radiation
“With radiation monitors placed throughout the Orion capsule, we are gaining valuable insights into how space radiation interacts with the spacecraft’s shielding, the types of radiation that ...
Nasa’s Orion spacecraft ‘safe for lunar astronauts exposed to harmful radiation’
While the Earth’s atmosphere protects all living beings against cosmic radiation, astronauts venturing deep into space can be exposed to doses equivalent to having 150 to 6,000 chest X-rays. The Orion spacecraft was designed to help mitigate the effects ...
Artemis I mission data show astronauts sent to the moon aboard Orion will be protected from radiation
According to a large team of technical and health specialists, astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft will be well protected from radiation when the Artemis II mission travels to the moon and back next year.
Mannequins flew around the moon on a path astronauts could soon take. Scientists just revealed how they fared
Detectors inside Artemis I’s Orion capsule show how much radiation exposure its mannequins underwent and how effective a ...
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Artemis I Brings Home Really Good News For Future Astronauts
When Artemis II launches late next year, its Orion capsule will become the first crewed spacecraft in 53 years to venture ...
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Orion spacecraft radiation protection tested: initial findings from Artemis I Moon mission
including Mars. On 16 November 2022, the NASA Artemis I Moon mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During this as yet uncrewed mission, all newly developed systems were tested ...
Elon Musk says human could reach Mars in 4 years after uncrewed SpaceX Starship trips
Elon Musk said on X that he envisions Starships making uncrewed trips to Mars by 2026 before astronauts head to the Red ...
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The Starliner Mission Was Very Successful In This One Important Way
Dock, dock, dock ... no goose! The NASA Docking System that released Starliner from the space station is critical for future ...
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Why Is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon?
“That’s very difficult—getting to Mars and living on Mars—and so we take it in ... Engineers connect two parts of the Orion spacecraft, the crew and service modules, at Kennedy Space Center.
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Mannequins flew around the moon on a path astronauts could soon take. Scientists just revealed how they fared
including robotic missions to Mars, George said. The team also noted a surprise in the findings. As Orion passed through the Van Allen Belts, the spacecraft did a flip to perform a thruster burn ...