NASA put the last humans on the moon in 1972 with the “Apollo 17” mission. Overall, the United States was the only country to date to land twelve astronauts on the moon with the “Apollo” missions between 1969 and 1972.
Unmanned Mission
In the “Artemis 1”-Testmission there are no people on board yet, but three dolls – or “female astronaut phantoms”, like that German Aerospace Center (DLR) names them: Moonikin Campos, Zohar and Helga. The two female dolls are part of a project with German and Israeli participation. It is being tested whether a protective vest developed in Israel can effectively protect a female body in particular from dangerous space radiation.
“Thanks to a sophisticated power-saving strategy, both phantoms survived the waiting time before take-off well,” said DLR. “Helga and Zohar are fit for the flight.”