Report: NASA Should Update Astronaut Radiation Exposure Limits, Improve Communication of Cancer Risks “The report recommends that NASA proceed with its proposed single standard dose limit for all astronauts, which […]
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Radiation Risk and Exploring Mars
Collateral damage from cosmic rays increases cancer risks for Mars astronauts, University of Nevada Las Vegas “Galactic cosmic ray exposure can devastate a cell’s nucleus and cause mutations that can […]
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ISS Cosmic Radiation Results Published
MATROSHKA Experiment: Space Travel is a Bit Safer Than Expected, Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences “Analysis of data from the MATROSHKA experiment, the first comprehensive […]
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Is There a Radiation Gender Barrier at NASA?
Female Astronauts Said To Face Discrimination Over NASA’s Space Radiation Concerns, Huffington Post “Depending on when you fly a space mission, a female will fly only 45 to 50 percent […]
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MSL Radiation Findings To Be Announced
NASA Discusses Curiosity Radiation FIndings “NASA will host a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT (18:30 UTC) Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation […]
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Important Research Results NASA Is Not Talking About (Update)
Houston, We Have Another Problem: Study Shows that Space Travel is Harmful to the Brain “The possibility that radiation exposure in space may give rise to health problems such as […]
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False Claim of NASA Participation in Wrinkle Research (Update)
False Claim of NASA Participation in Wrinkle Research “According to information provided by NASA PAO, the “AS10″ food substance mentioned in this news story is not a NASA food product. […]
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NASA OIG Reports on Problems With ISS Radiation Health Research
NASA’s Development of Radiation Monitoring Instruments for the International Space Station “This Office of Inspector General (OIG) review found that NASA has poorly managed the development of these replacement radiation […]
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Once Again, NASA Seeks Animal Irradiation Proposals
NASA Research Announcement “Ground-Based Studies in Space Radiobiology” “This NRA solicits ground-based proposals for the Space Radiation Program Element (SRPE) component of the Human Research Program (HRP). Proposals are solicited […]