Commander Moonikin Campos’ name, picked via a public contest, is a nod to Arturo Campos, a NASA electrical power subsystem manager who aided in the troubled Apollo 13’s safe return to Earth.

After a weeks-long challenge to name NASA’s moon-bound mannequin (or “Moonikin” as NASA has dubbed it), the people have chosen: Campos is expected to take off on the uncrewed Artemis I moon ...

NASA’s ‘Moonikin’ Will Boldly Go Where No Test Dummy Has Gone Before A naming contest for the inanimate Artemis crew member launches today.

The Moonikin is of three “crew members” that will board Artemis I the first flight of NASA’s deep-space vehicle, Orion. It’s a crash test dummy of sorts, ...

Tags: Houston Life, NASA, Moonikin, Artemis One, Arturo Campos Houston – NASA successfully launched Artemis 1 just after 1 a.m. today. But did you know there are mannequins on board the ship?

Commander Moonikin Campos was installed into @NASA_Orion ahead of the launch of #Artemis I. Named after Arturo Campos, a man who was instrumental to saving the Apollo 13 crew, he will measure ...

When NASA launches its mission to the moon, sitting in the commander's seat will be a "moonikin" — a mannequin. It's named for a NASA engineer who helped bring home Apollo 13.

Meet Commander Moonikin Campos, the mannequin going farther than any astronaut. Artemis I will carry an unconventional crew when it's expected to lift off Saturday on a journey around the moon.

A manikin flying onboard NASA’s first Artemis flight around the moon will be named for an electrical engineer who helped the Apollo 13 astronauts survive their perilous spaceflight.

The moonikin won't be entirely alone. It will have two model human torsos, which NASA calls "phantoms," "made from materials that mimic human bones, soft tissues and organs of an adult female." ...