Nasa opsender månemissionen Artemis II med tysk teknologi

Det amerikanske rumagentur Nasa er klar til at opsende sin Artemis II-mission i dag, som sender astronauter i kredsløb om månen for første gang i over 50 år. Fire astronauter fra USA og Canada skal gennemføre en testflyvning, der varer omkring ti dage. Tyskland leverer det centrale European Service Module til Orion-rumfartøjet via den europæiske rumfartsorganisation ESA.

Opsendelsen fra Cape Canaveral i Florida er planlagt til i aften. Nasa ser missionen som et afgørende skridt mod at bringe mennesker tilbage til månen og forberede sig på bemandede flyvninger til Mars.

European Service Module (ESM), der primært er bygget af Airbus i Bremen for den europæiske rumfartsorganisation (ESA), udgør en kerne del af Orion-rumfartøjet. Det forsyner besætningen med strøm, fremdrift, vand, ilt og temperaturregulering. Modulet betragtes som nøgleteknologi til fremtidige månemissioner.

Tyskland bidrager også til videnskabelig forskning i Artemis-programmet gennem ESA og det tyske luft- og rumfartscenter (DLR). Dette inkluderer studier af strålingseksponering under månerejsen, som har til formål at forbedre beskyttelsen af astronauter under langvarige missioner.

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