Manikins Helga and Zohar Return From the Moon for Analysis
Helga and Zohar are back in Cologne after their trip to space.Photo: DLRNASA’s Artemis 1 mission may not have had real astronauts on board the Orion capsule, but there was an inanimate crew that went on the lunar trip. Two of the manikins that took part in the inaugural mission have been returned to their home in Germany, where the data they collected will be used to design ways to mitigate the effects of radiation on astronauts. On November 16, 2022, the Orion capsule lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center,…