Discipline

Space Radiation Biology

The study of how the radiation of space — galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles — affects living tissue, and how crews can be protected beyond the shelter of Earth's magnetic field.

In brief

How space radiation affects the body, and how to shield it.

In this discipline

Radiation ShieldingCountermeasure
Protecting crews from space radiation with mass — hydrogen-rich materials, water, or regolith — and with mission design, such as storm shelters for solar particle events and limits on time beyond the magnetosphere.

Space radiation exposure

Knowledge connections

Group includesRadiation Shielding
Group includesSpace radiation exposure

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

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