While attending the Paris Air Show on June 16, the acting administrator of NASA, Janet Petro, signed an agreement with DLR (German Aerospace Center, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luftd-Und Raumfahrt) to continue a partnership in space medicine research. This renewed collaboration is based on previous efforts to attenuate radiation for human space flights. While NASA is advancing the objectives of exploring the Trump-Vance administration on the Moon and Mars, minimizing exposure to spatial influence is one of the key areas that the agency works to protect the crew on long-term missions.
With this agreement, DLR will take advantage of its expertise in human space flight and will provide new radiation sensors aboard the Orion space during the NASA Artemis II mission, based on previous work in this field during the Mission Artemis I. Planned for the launch at the latest in April 2026, Artemis II will mark the first test flight with Crew under Artemis.
“In accordance with the NASA historical agreements, NASA concluded with international partners within the framework of Artemis, I am happy to sign a new joint agreement from NASA-DLR today, to allow research on radiation aboard Artemis II,” said the NASA interim administrator Janet Petro. “The German aerospace center was a precious partner in Artemis, after working with NASA to test critical technology for our understanding of radiation on humans aboard an Orion space on Artemis I and providing a cubeat within the framework of Artemis II. After a productive meeting between President Trump and German Chancellor Merz Merz earlier this month, I am excited to build our great partnership with German and German. ”.
During the planned trip of 10 days of the Artemis II mission around the moon and back, four of the M-42 radiation detectors extended M-42 (M-42 EXT) of DLR will be on board, contributing vital data to support the security of astronauts. This new generation system represents a new research phase while NASA and the DLR continue to work together to protect human health in space.
Under the leadership of President Trump, the American campaign of Artemis rekindled the ambition of NASA, arousing international cooperation and advanced innovation. The continuous partnership with DLR and the deployment of their advanced M-42 radiation detectors aboard Artemis II illustrate how the Trump-Vance administration leads an era of gold exploration and innovation that puts American astronauts on the way to the moon, from Mars and beyond.
“To develop effective protective measures against the impact of spatial radiation on the human body, comprehensive and coherent radiation measures in the open space are essential,” explains Anke Pagels-Kerp, member of the DLR space division council. “At the end of 2022, Artemis I transported 12,000 passive detectors and 16 active in the Helga and Zohar models, who stole aboard the Orion Spacecraft as part of the DLR Mare project. On the Artemis II mission. »»
Thanks to the Artemis campaign, the agency will establish a long -term presence on the Moon for scientific exploration with our business and international partners, learn to live and work far from home and prepare for future human exploration of Mars.
For more information on Artemis, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/artemis
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