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.
Knowledge connections
- Group includesRadiation Shielding
- Group includesSpace radiation exposure
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- 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.