The POT He takes full advantage of everything related to one of his most important missions in decades, Artemis, which stands out for returning with manned trips to the Moon. During the recent edition of F1 United States Grand Prix (GP)the North American space agency exhibited the vehicles that the astronauts will use in this project.
Digital Trends Remember that NASA, whenever it is going to carry out a manned trip to space, needs to use a number of vehicles that take the astronauts from the agency’s offices, meters away from the launch base, which, as you can imagine, are These two locations are far apart.
So, for the mission Artemis decides to dress up in luxury and go to the exclusive cars developed especially for this mission by the company Canoo Technologies.
They are strange electric cars, officially named Crew Transport Vehicles (CTV) with designs that make them look like spaceships.
“We are delighted to be part of the Artemis missions and to deliver NASA’s first zero-emissions built mission crew transport vehicles,” said Tony Aquila, President and CEO of Canoo.
Before they are used by the Artemis mission, Canoo and NASA took them to the USA GP, held in Austin (Texas) so that attendees could get on and enjoy the experience that the astronauts will live.
Following the style of a 7-seater van from the Canoo company, each car is fully equipped, with all the comfort for transfer to the SLS megarocket. Although they do not specify it in the press release, it has a range 321 kilometers of autonomy, with 350 HP.
On the outside, The cars are white with black edges, and are adorned with both the NASA and Artemis Program logos.
The distance between the base and launch pad 39B is 6.8 kilometers, and thanks to Canoo Technologies you will be able to travel with the greatest comfort, each astronaut ready with his Orion Crew Survival System, the space suit for Artemis.