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As NASA gears up for its Artemis I mission the operation that will prepare the agency to send its first woman and first person of color to the Moon the space organization has asked the general public to help name the “Moonikin,” or anatomical human model, that will be on board the Orion crew capsule.
The dummy will be used to “gather data on the vibrations that human crewmembers will experience during future Artemis missions,” according to NASA.
There are eight names currently in the running Ace, Campos, Delos, Duhart, Montgomery, Rigel, Shackleton and Wargo each with their own significant meaning.
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NASA contest may send Laredoan s Moonikin to space lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.