Radiation measurements on the flight of IML-2

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-494

  Badhwar, G D ^a   Dudkin, V ^b   Doke, T ^c   Atwell, W ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Res Center for Spacecraft Safety   (Russian Federation)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Rockwell International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CR 39; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MANNED; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STS-65 SHUTTLE PROJECT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-65 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

COSMIC RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0032228116     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(98)01068-0     Document Type: Article

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