Operational impact · Crew safety
Human Spaceflight
Radiation is one of the central hazards of human spaceflight. A large solar particle event can deliver a dangerous dose to astronauts, especially beyond the protection of Earth's magnetic field, and crews may need to shelter in more shielded parts of a spacecraft.
Highlights
- ›Radiation exposure — a central hazard beyond low Earth orbit
Drivers, environments & assets
Knowledge connections
- Associated withSolar Energetic Particles (SEP)
- Associated withVan Allen Radiation Belts
- Associated withSolar Flare
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NOAA SWPCNOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space-weather forecasts and alerts: aurora (OVATION), the Kp index, and the G1–G5 geomagnetic storm scale.