NASA is set to launch another radiation test into the Van Allen Belts. The first two Orion launches, the first Artemis launch was into these higher fields of radiation and the test results showed fatal levels of radiation past 3600 miles. So this test is to see if they can go close to 1000 miles into earths atmosphere. This will be the highest orbital mission for humans. Higher than Apollo and all the Shuttles and higher than the previous dragon mission Inspiration.

The previous missions that brought NASA to launching this NASA/SpaceX Dragon craft with the leaders in the world of cancer research:

Orion Trial by fire 2014:

SpaceX Inspiration 2021

The Artemis Orion launch 2022:

The Artemis mission was a big disappointment and all the new outlets asked why there was no pictures of the Apollo site, live video or HD quality pictures. Why the only reason for the launch was all the radiation sensors, dummies, vests and probes. Just like the previous 2014 Orion mission and the previous Dragon Inspiration 4 mission.

So why are they not able to send humans further out???

The space race was about inhabiting low earth orbit. These missions all show the progress in understanding the fields of radiation within low earth orbit to the end of earths magnetosphere.

All facts presented by NASA and ESA:

Genesis:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/genesis/in-depth/ Themis: https://www.nasa.gov/themis-and-artemis

2012 van Allen belt probes radiation probes

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/rbsp/mission/index.html

2014 GSI/ESA/NASA radiation studies of humans

https://youtu.be/q-9Avd__dQ4 https://phys.org/news/2019-06-showstopper-mars-exploration.html

2014 Orion van Allen belts radiation study

https://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/december/nasa-s-new-orion-spacecraft-completes-first-spaceflight-test https://youtu.be/KyZqSWWKmHQ

2016 MMS missions in magnetosheath

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-directly-observes-fundamental-process-of-nature-for-1st-time

2019 GSI/ESA/NASA radiation studies of humans

https://youtu.be/FxNc8JxwCNU https://phys.org/news/2019-06-showstopper-mars-exploration.html

2020/2021 Solar/Parker probes touch the bow shock: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/

2021 Artemis Orion Radiation Probe Launch preparation:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/public-names-moonikin-flying-around-moon-on-nasa-s-artemis-i-mission

2022 Artemis launches again as an unmanned radiation probe and nasa says 1 day in deep space gets 1 year of radiation. Confirms GSI studies.

https://youtu.be/vB7PzsbnNPY https://youtu.be/LRZFfEF_5Zg

And now the Polaris dawn is being launched and NASA and its scientists are saying that you will get about .35 Sv in hours at 450 miles in space. The ISS gets 2 Sv a year, they are saying you will get nearly 3 months of radiation exposure from the ISS in 7 hours in 3 orbit at 450 miles up.

However they just happen to be sending the worlds leading doctor and owner of the most prestigious cancer research center on this mission. Such lucky "civilians" that are decades long prepared and NASA trained as astronauts. But Marco Durante is a bit old to go into space.