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In March, NASA released a broad overview of the Artemis II mission menu accompanying astronauts on their historic, 10-day lunar flyby mission. The rundown was relatively comprehensive, but it lacked a crucial bit of information: Which specific five hot sauces have now traveled farther than any other condiment in human history?
Life in space is weirder than you might think, with the crew facing toilet issues, saliva collections, DIY fixes to onboard components and a menu of dehydrated food.
With Artemis II astronauts closing out on-board tests, flight controllers are prepping for reentry and splashdown Friday.
First came a prize — and bragging rights — for Artemis II. Artemis II surpassed Apollo 13’s distance record of 248,655 miles set in April 1970, right before the fly-around and intense lunar observations got started.
Each Artemis II astronaut will endure the obstacle course, which will take about 1.5 hours to complete, one at a time. Norcross' team will track how long each task takes, how much energy the astronauts use, and how their heart rates respond. The whole experiment repeats three days later to measure how their performance changes over time.
The playlist spans decades and genres over eight songs.
After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.
The Artemis II astronauts are scheduled to return Friday. When they do, they will slam into Earth's atmosphere using a reentry technique that has yet to be tested in real-world scenarios.