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Israeli anti-radiation vest is present in NASA space mission
The Israeli space agency is partnering with its US counterpart, NASA, on the Artemis I space mission that was supposed to be launched today but has now been delayed.
What does it mean: The Israeli Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center are working with NASA on an experiment to investigate radiation exposure during space flight. To this end, a mannequin on the Artemis spacecraft will wear a vest – nicknamed AstroRad and produced by the Israeli-American company StemRad – to protect it from radiation.
The torsos – nicknamed Zohar and Helga – were built to resemble the bones, tissues and organs of human women, allowing agencies to gauge the vest’s effectiveness in radiation protection during space travel. The purpose of the general mission is to one day allow human beings to do this travel safely to Mars the Israeli Space Agency said in a press release.
Because matter: Israel became the eighth country in the world to launch and place a satellite in space in 1988. Since then, its space sector has continued to develop. Israel’s first astronaut Ilan Ramon died on Columbia when it exploded into space. In 2019, that of Elon Musk SpaceX launched the Israeli-developed Beresheet spacecraft to the moon. Beresheet reached lunar orbit, but then crashed to the lunar surface. Shortly after the incident, that of Israel Space IL group, the Israeli Space Authority and the Ramon Foundation announced they would continue to work on the project, hoping to launch Beresheet 2 in 2024.
There have been a few other Israeli space hits this year. In April, Israeli military pilot Eytan Stibbe became the according to Israeli ever to travel to space and the first on a private expedition. This month, the Israeli space technology startup ASTERRA unveiled software capable of detecting lithium deposits under the Earth’s surface from space.
A spokesperson for the Israeli Space Agency said activities such as StemRad’s benefit the country as a whole, telling Al-Monitor, “The agency operates on the premise that all space-related activities contribute to the growth of the Israeli economy at the international level and also for the benefit of its citizens in terms of agriculture, communications, environmental pollution monitoring and research “.
The agency expects more space-related innovations from Israel soon. The spokesperson added: “With the growing number of Israeli companies operating at the forefront in this field, we expect to see others, such as StemRad, contribute to international collaboration on deep space exploration.”
