Using high-intensity lighting and low-fidelity mock-ups of a lunar lander, lunar surface, and lunar rocks, NASA engineers are simulating the Moon’s environment to study and experience the extreme lighting environment at the lunar South Pole. Data and analysis from testing at the agency’s Flat Floor Facility at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are improving models Artemis astronauts will use in preparation for lander and surface operations on the Moon during Artemis III. Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will send…
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