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Radiation on the Moon Is Alarmingly High, Study Shows | IE – Interesting Engineering
This is the first time that radiation on the lunar surface has been measured. What does this implicate for the Artemis mission? Read on.
Scientists have finally measured radiation levels on the moon and have found it to be surprisingly and alarmingly high. New research revealed that the astronauts aboard NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission in 2024 will have to endure levels of radiation 200 times higher than those found on Earth.
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The measurements were undertaken in January 2019 by China’s Chang’e 4 robotic spacecraft mission and were published in a study …
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