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To Shoot for the Moon, Lab Researchers Must First Learn How To Fail on Earth
By Rebecca Martineau
Weeks ago, four NASA astronauts completed a pioneering journey around the moon. For 10 days, lithium-ion batteries on Artemis II played an important role in powering various communications, navigation, propulsion, and thermal systems.
Making sure these batteries were up for the mission is a challenge the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) has spent more than a decade collaborating with NASA to address.
