Radiation measurements on the Mir Orbital Station

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 393-422

  Badhwar, G D ^a   Atwell, W ^b   Reitz, G ^c   Beaujean, R ^d   Heinrich, W ^e  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mir; Mir radiation instruments; Radiation exposures; Radiation measurements

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; ORBITS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

RADIATION MEASUREMENTS;

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT; NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NEUTRON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPACE FLIGHT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

ASTRONAUTS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COSMIC RADIATION; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; HUMANS; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0036772033     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(02)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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