Space travel presents a number of environmental challenges to the central nervous system,
including changes in gravitational acceleration that alter the terrestrial synergies between …

The space radiation environment is a complex mixture of particle types and energies
originating from sources inside and outside of the galaxy. These environments may be …

With exciting new NASA plans for a sustainable return to the moon, astronauts will once
again leave Earth's protective magnetosphere only to endure higher levels of radiation from …

Most accelerator-based space radiation experiments have been performed with single ion
beams at fixed energies. However, the space radiation environment consists of a wide …

Abstract The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) is a multidisciplinary center for
space radiation research funded by NASA and located at the Brookhaven National …

Background: Epidemiologic studies of radiation-exposed populations form the basis for
human safety standards. They also help shape public health policy and evidence-based …

Background: During World War II (WWII), the Manhattan Engineering District established a
secret laboratory in the mountains of northern New Mexico. The mission was to design …

In this review, we attempt to make a case for the establishment of a limited number of heavy
ion cancer research and treatment facilities in the United States. Based on the basic physics …

Ground-based rodent models have established that space radiation doses (approximately
those that astronauts will be exposed to on a mission to Mars) significantly impair …

For missions beyond low Earth orbit to the moon or Mars, space explorers will encounter a
complex radiation field composed of various ion species with a broad range of energies …