Radiation tests of the extravehicular mobility unit space suit for the international space station using energetic protons

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1158-1172

  Zeitlin, C ^a   Guetersloh, S B ^a   Heilbronn, L H ^a   Miller, J ^a   Shavers, M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Protons; Shielding; Spacesuit

Indexed keywords

PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SPACE STATIONS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

ENERGETIC PARTICLES; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; LOW-EARTH ORBIT (LEO);

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33751217717     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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