NASA Artemis I mission and the MARE experiment

Abstract

After years of planning the NASA Artemis I mission flying with the Orion spacecraft to the Moon and back made its journey from 16 November to 11 December 2022. Part of the secondary science payloads inside Orion was the MARE experiment (Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment). MARE was an international endeavour flying two female anthropomorphic phantoms (Helga & Zohar) to the moon and back. Zohar was equipped witha newly by StemRad developed radiation protection vest (AstroRad). Both phantoms were equipped with a suite of active and passive radiation detectors to determine skin and organ doses for the two phantoms. The talk will give an overview of the MARE hardware and will provide a first view on the data evaluation and science gathered within the experiment.