A review of radiation shielding needs and concepts for space voyages beyond Earth's magnetic influence

Long duration deep space missions including human-on-board missions are planned in the near future and the spacecrafts for these missions require proper radiation shielding architectures including size and material selection. Understanding the space radiation environment is the first step in being a...

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Published inProgress in aerospace sciences Vol. 110; p. 100553
Main Authors Barthel, Joseph, Sarigul-Klijn, Nesrin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2019
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Cosmic rays
Deep space
Effective dose
Electronics protection
Extraterrestrial radiation
Galactic cosmic rays
Human safety
Long duration space missions
Magnetic shielding
Materials selection
Radiation effects
Radiation shielding
Solar particle events
Space missions
Spacecraft shielding
Solar particle events
Spacecraft shielding
Electronics protection
Long duration space missions
Galactic cosmic rays
Human safety
Effective dose
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Summary:Long duration deep space missions including human-on-board missions are planned in the near future and the spacecrafts for these missions require proper radiation shielding architectures including size and material selection. Understanding the space radiation environment is the first step in being able to design shielding to protect humans and electronics. This paper presents a comprehensive review of radiation shielding needs and the proposed concepts to reduce the effects of radiation, in particular the Galactic Cosmic Rays. The space radiation environment, the radiation interactions with the shielding material, and the proposed shielding designs are critically reviewed.
ISSN:0376-0421
1873-1724
DOI:10.1016/j.paerosci.2019.100553