Israeli technology to be used in NASA's first Moon mission in 50 years

‘The fact that the Israeli flag will wave on top of Zohar’s suit in space fills us with pride,’ says Israel Space Agency, whose mannequins named Zohar and Helga will be onboard the Orion spacecraft for Artemis mission

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Israeli technology will be used onboard NASA’s first Moon mission in 50 years, according to the Israel Space Agency.
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    • The deep-space flight via Orion spacecraft in the mission called Artemis I, will last for six weeks and aims at traveling nearly 40,000 miles to the Moon and beyond.
    Its crew consists of mannequins named Zohar and Helga. Zohar will wear an AstroRad radiation protection vest developed by the Israeli company StemRad. The vest is meant to protect astronauts from harmful radiation and cosmic rays in space.
    “We are honored to be one of the very few countries that have managed to introduce original technology for Artemis I. The fact that the Israeli flag will wave on top of Zohar’s suit in space fills us with pride,” the Israel Space Agency said.
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    The Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard moves up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US, August 17, 2022     The Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard moves up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US, August 17, 2022
    The Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard moves up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., August 17, 2022
    (Photo: Joel KOWSKY / NASA / AFP)
    Thousands of monitors will test Zohar’s level of protection during the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment (MARE). If successful the experiment may lay the foundation for humans’ long-term presence in space. The Israeli technology in turn could be used in future space missions to the Moon and Mars.
    Earlier in April, Israeli investor and former fighter pilot Eytan Stibbe became the second Israeli in space participating in the first all-private astronaut team launched to the International Space Station.
    The first Israeli in space was Ilan Ramon who perished with six NASA crewmates in the 2003 space shuttle Columbia disaster.
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