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An Argentine-built microsatellite, the only one from Latin America selected for NASA’s return to the moon, will test experimental navigation systems and measure radiation ‌far beyond Earth’s orbit when it flies on the Artemis II mission.

The shoebox-sized satellite, known as ⁠ATENEA, is one of four international payloads chosen by NASA from proposals submitted by nearly 50 countries to accompany Artemis II, the first ‌crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, which was scheduled to lift off later on ‌Wednesday (April 1). The others are from Germany, Saudi Arabia, and ‌South ⁠Korea.

Reuters

By Mukesh

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