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NASA Technical Memorandum 104782


Spaceflight Radiation Health Program
at the
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center




A. Steve Johnson
Gautam D. Badhwar
Michael J. Golightly
Alva C. Hardy
Andrei Konradi
Tracy Chui-hsu Yang




December 1993

Responsible NASA Official:  Neal Zapp
Webmaster:  Terrie Bevill
 Last Update: 07 May 1997

Table of Contents

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  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
    1. Trapped Radiation
    2. Galactic Cosmic Radiation
    3. Solar Particle Events
    4. Manmade Sources
    5. Low Earth Environment
  3. RADIATION PROTECTION ADMINISTRATION: LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
  4. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    1. Advanced Radiation Monitors
    2. Flight Experiment Support
    3. Environmental Models
    4. Health Risk Assessment
  5. MISSION SUPPORT: CREW EXPOSURE MONITORING
  6. SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
  7. EXPLORATION OF MOON/MARS
  8. SUMMARY
  9. DEFINITIONS
  10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Skylab Solar prominence view