Health threat from cosmic rays
hideThe health threat from cosmic rays is the danger posed by cosmic rays generated by the Sun and other stars to astronauts on interplanetary missions. Cosmic rays consists of high energy protons and other nuclei. They are one of the most important barriers standing in the way of plans for interplanetary travel by crewed spacecraft.
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News tagged with space radiation
Radiation-Hardened Microelectronics Could Reduce Spacecraft Weight
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space environments can deliver a beating to spacecraft electronics. For decades, satellites and other spacecraft have used bulky and expensive shielding to protect vital microelectronics -- ...
Fake Astronaut Gets Hit by Artificial Solar Flare
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1972, Apollo astronauts narrowly escaped a potential catastrophe. On August 2nd of that year, a large and angry sunspot appeared and began to erupt, over and over again for more than a ...
More 'Star Trek' than 'Snuggie': Student design to protect lunar outpost from dangerous radiation
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Alien creatures are the least of NASA's worries when it comes to moon travel. There are several potential threats to future missions - with space radiation at the top of the list. Now, a group ...
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to Help Astronauts Survive in Infinity
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Space seems exotic, forbidding, and remote, but imagine trying to survive winter without a heated shelter or warm clothing. Our ancestors developed these technologies because they needed room ...
Mars Orbiter's Computer Reboots Successfully
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter properly followed commands today to shut down and restart, a strategy by its engineers to clear any memory flaws accumulated in more than five years since Odyssey's ...
Build your own space station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO's Double Helix Science Club has produced a paper model of the International Space Station (ISS) - the first designed just for children.
OSU students build and launch a sensor into space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Students from OSU's Radiation Physics Laboratory built and successfully launched a cosmic radiation detector this summer that reached the edge of outer space. Carried by a helium-filled balloon 12 inches ...
