How is NASA preparing for the Dark Moon mission?

NASA astronauts, move the moon to the next Artemis When they visit him on his mission, he will undertake a dark and shadowy expedition. The space agency’s renewed moon passion, with a mission called Artemis aims to take astronauts to our satellite by the end of this decade.

With NASA’s new mission, astronauts have been to a place where even the Sun has barely risen. to the Moon’s South Pole will descend. How will they survive in an area of ​​extremely long shadow and dim surroundings? NASA is preparing to train future Moon explorers to suit the frightening conditions.

“Dark” simulation from NASA to the Dark Moon mission

This week the Johnson Space Center released an image of NASA divers simulating what astronauts would live in the South Pole. Training takes place at the agency’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, a massive pool (12 meters deep) designed to simulate conditions in lower gravity.

NASA public relations expert Megan Dean said:NASA’s Artemis program Divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston are laying the groundwork for future Moonwalk training by simulating Lunar illumination.” said.

NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is usually a well-lit training space with plenty of light, but great effort has been made to keep it dark to suit this mission. Dean explained that in order for this test and evaluation to be done realistically, they turned off all the lights in the facility and placed black curtains on the pool walls to minimize reflections.

When will US astronauts land on the Moon? will he set foot? Even if NASA seems ambitious to the South Pole in 2025 plans to download a team. However, the space agency’s first Space Launch System It will have to test its new mega-rocket that can launch astronauts, called astronauts, back to the Moon. NASA said the first test won’t take place before March 2022.

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