They say that an image can be worth a thousand words. Such is the case with this recently released picture from NASA. The image features NASA divers simulating a pretend moonwalk on the lunar south pole. Find out more at 🚀 Engineering
, NASA's mission to return humans to the moon for the first time since 1972. That was the time when NASA's Apollo program came to an end.
Artemis, however, is very different from Apollo as the mission plans to explore the moon's south pole and not its equator which was the focus of the previous mission. This poses an extra challenge for the space agency as the moon's poles are known to be shrouded in constant darkness. Therefore, astronauts on this mission will have to manage to work without any light, a situation this week's training adequately recreated. All this means that we are privy to an amazing image that eerily gives us a heads up of what astronauts will have to face once on the moon's south pole. The only difference perhaps will be the bubbles seen above the divers' heads.
? will they be able to cope with the constant darkness? what else might they discover in this unchartered territory?Stay ahead with the latest science, technology and innovation news, for free:
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