Natural and Induced Environment in Low Earth Orbit
- Author:
- Clowdsley, Martha S.
- Published:
- May 2002.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Atwell, William, Cucinotta, Francis A., Badavi, Francis F., Heinbockel, John H., Kim, Myung-Hee Y., Wilson, John W., Huston, Stuart L., and Badhwar, Gautam D.
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- The long-term exposure of astronauts on the developing International Space Station (ISS) requires an accurate knowledge of the internal exposure environment for human risk assessment and other onboard processes. The natural environment is moderated by the solar wind which varies over the solar cycle. The neutron environment within the Shuttle in low Earth orbit has two sources. A time dependent model for the ambient environment is used to evaluate the natural and induced environment. The induced neutron environment is evaluated using measurements on STS-31 and STS-36 near the 1990 solar maximum.
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- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 20020051124.
NAS 1.15:211668.
L-18165.
NASA/TM-2002-211668. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
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