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Countdown to Artemis, The Return to the Moon

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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Is There a Radiation Badge?

Each point in that grid has one radiation detector. 56 hundred passive detectors will get the cumulative radiation dose from the mission at the end. The material is made out of high density polyepaline, which is basically aplastic. And it's very good for shielding against a charge particle radiation - what we see in space.

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