US EditionArtemis Astronauts to Study the Moon's Surface Using Mainly Their Eyes
The four astronauts will use visual observations and onboard cameras to help NASA assess 10 priority lunar science targets.
- On Monday, Artemis astronauts will repeat a feat not performed in more than 50 years, studying the Moon using their eyes as "field scientists" during the lunar flyby.
- Kelsey Young, lead scientist for the Artemis 2 mission, emphasized human vision's superiority in specific respects, stating "the human eye is really good at color, and it's really good at context."
- To prepare, commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen underwent more than two years of training, including expeditions to Iceland and Canada.
- Noah Petro, head of NASA's planetary geology lab, seeks to determine if astronauts can distinguish colors on the lunar surface; dark browns or tans would reveal composition and geological history.
- David Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Institute noted that hearing astronauts describe their observations is "an occurrence that at least two generations of people on Earth have never heard before.
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More than 50 years after humans first flew around the Moon, Artemis astronauts will repeat the feat on Monday and use the most basic instrument to study it: their eyes.The post Artemis astronauts to study the Moons surface using mainly their eyes appeared first on Vanguard News.
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