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Mannequins flew around the moon on a path astronauts could soon take. Scientists just revealed how they fared

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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — As Artemis II — NASA’s mission that will send four astronauts to circumnavigate the moon as soon as next year — draws closer, a new study is revealing how well its Orion spacecraft will protect the crew. The findings are based off data from Artemis I, a 25-day journey around the moon and back in late 2022. The Orion capsule on that mission, which followed a trajectory similar to the one Artemis II is set to take…

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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 “storm shelter” inside the capsule could be.

10 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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