NASA needs help naming its 'moonikin' Artemis I test flight dummy - Yahoo Finance Australia

The Artemis I mission to the Moon took a couple of big steps as NASA recently showed off its mighty, partly-assembled SLS rocket (below).

This massive rocket will propel our @NASA_Orion spacecraft on the #Artemis I mission around the Moon: https://t.co/PktwXexXDZ pic.twitter.com/d5yNL6JEdf.

The moonikin itself (normally called a manikin) "will be equipped with two radiation sensors and sensors in the seat — one under the headrest and another behind the seat — to record acceleration and vibration throughout the mission as Orion travels around the Moon and back to Earth," said NASA.

NASA most recently planned to fly the unmanned Artemis I mission in November 2021, though such schedules have a tendency to slip.

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