Overview of the NASA space radiation laboratory

Chiara La Tessa; Michael Sivertz; I-Hung Chiang; Derek Lowenstein; Adam Rusek

doi:10.1016/j.lssr.2016.10.002

Overview of the NASA space radiation laboratory

Life Sci Space Res (Amst). 2016 Nov:11:18-23. doi: 10.1016/j.lssr.2016.10.002. Epub 2016 Nov 11.

Authors

Chiara La Tessa¹, Michael Sivertz², I-Hung Chiang², Derek Lowenstein², Adam Rusek²

Affiliations

¹ Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton 11973, NY, USA. Electronic address: clatessa@bnl.gov.
² Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton 11973, NY, USA.

PMID: 27993189
DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2016.10.002

Abstract

The NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) is a multidisciplinary center for space radiation research funded by NASA and located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton NY. Operational since 2003, the scope of NSRL is to provide ion beams in support of the NASA Humans in Space program in radiobiology, physics and engineering to measure the risk and ameliorate the effect of radiation in space. Recently, it has also been recognized as the only facility in the U.S. currently capable of contributing to heavy ion radiotherapy research. This work contains a general overview of NSRL structure, capabilities and operation.

Keywords: NASA; Space radiation research.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Heavy Ion Radiotherapy*
Humans
Laboratories*
Radiobiology*
Space Flight
United States
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration*