The ALTEA/ALTEINO projects: studying functional effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation

Narici, L.; Belli, F.; Bidoli, V.; Casolino, M.; Pascale, M. P. De; Fino, L. Di; Furano, Gianluca; Modena, I.; Morselli, A.; Picozza, P.; Reali, E.; Rinaldi, A.; Ruggieri, Davide; Sparvoli, R.; Zaconte, V.; Sannita, Walter G.; Carozzo, Simone; Licoccia, Silvia; Romagnoli, Paola; Traversa, Enrico; Cotronei, V.; Vazquez, Marcelo E.; Miller, J.; Salnitskii, V.P.; Shevchenko, O. I.; Петров, В. П.; Труханов, К. А.; Galper, A. M.; Khodarovich, A. M.; Korotkov, M.; Popov, A.; Vavilov, N.; Avdeev, S.; Boezio, M.; Bonvicini, W.; Vacchi, A.; Zampa, N.; Mazzenga, G.; Ricci, M.; Спиллантини, П.; Castellini, G.; Vittori, R.; Carlson, P.; Fuglesang, C.; Schardt, D.

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2003.09.052

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“…The ALTEA-shield project is part of an ESA program aimed at using the ALTEA detector system 9–11 to measure the radiation environment in the USLab module of the ISS and to investigate the shielding effectiveness of Kevlar, compared to the Polyethylene one. The shielding measurements have been carried out in the Columbus module of the ISS from June 8 th 2012 to November 13 th 2012.…”

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Performances of Kevlar and Polyethylene as radiation shielding on-board the International Space Station in high latitude radiation environment

Narici

Casolino²,

Fino

et al. 2017

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Passive radiation shielding is a mandatory element in the design of an integrated solution to mitigate the effects of radiation during long deep space voyages for human exploration. Understanding and exploiting the characteristics of materials suitable for radiation shielding in space flights is, therefore, of primary importance. We present here the results of the first space-test on Kevlar and Polyethylene radiation shielding capabilities including direct measurements of the background baseline (no shield). Measurements are performed on-board of the International Space Station (Columbus modulus) during the ALTEA-shield ESA sponsored program. For the first time the shielding capability of such materials has been tested in a radiation environment similar to the deep-space one, thanks to the feature of the ALTEA system, which allows to select only high latitude orbital tracts of the International Space Station. Polyethylene is widely used for radiation shielding in space and therefore it is an excellent benchmark material to be used in comparative investigations. In this work we show that Kevlar has radiation shielding performances comparable to the Polyethylene ones, reaching a dose rate reduction of 32 ± 2% and a dose equivalent rate reduction of 55 ± 4% (for a shield of 10 g/cm2).

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Performances of Kevlar and Polyethylene as radiation shielding on-board the International Space Station in high latitude radiation environment

Narici

Casolino²,

Fino

et al. 2017

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“…These phenomena have been described by astronauts on Apollo missions outside of the magnetic sphere of Earth [4].…”

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Flashes of light-radiation therapy to the brain

Blumenthal

Corn

Shtraus

2015

Radiotherapy and Oncology

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“…The Japanese Bonner Ball [36] experiment aimed for the exact determination of the secondary neutron spectra generated by the interaction of the primary radiation field with the hull of the ISS -a research topic still under heavy discussion, since the exact determination of the neutron spectra is crucial for the evaluation of the neutron dose, and can only be achieved with high radiation detector instrument complexity. Italy provided various silicon strip detectors over the last years -as the ALTCRISS [37] and the ALTEA [38] facility, which aim for a precise abundance determination of the heavy ion component of the space radiation environment, and also (ALTEA) are equipped to study the ''light flash phenomena'' [38,39]. In 2004 the MATROSHKA facility was launched for the study of depth dose and organ dose distribution in a human upper torso phantom [40,41] (see ISS -The Matroshka Experiment).…”

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Radiation dosimetry onboard the International Space Station ISS

Berger

2008

Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik

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The ALTEA/ALTEINO projects: studying functional effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation

Cited by 38 publications

References 14 publications

Performances of Kevlar and Polyethylene as radiation shielding on-board the International Space Station in high latitude radiation environment

Performances of Kevlar and Polyethylene as radiation shielding on-board the International Space Station in high latitude radiation environment

Flashes of light-radiation therapy to the brain

Radiation dosimetry onboard the International Space Station ISS

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