TEPC measurements obtained on the Mir space station
Résumé
Measurements of the radiation environment inside the Mir space station were performed with a tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) during the Antares mission in 1992, and over a long period following it. Interesting results concerning radiation measurements show (a) the South Atlantic Anomaly crossing, (b) the increase of radiation near the poles, and (c) the effects of solar particle events (the most important one occurring in early November 1992). This data also provides information about the dose and the quality factor of the radiation to which the cosmonauts were exposed during different missions. These data are compared with measurements obtained using a solid state detector. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mots clés
Cosmic ray measurement
Dosimeters
Dosimetry
Space stations
Radiation measurements
Radiation counters
proton
Arctic
article
Atlantic Ocean
comparative study
cosmic radiation
cosmonaut
Flight Experiment
human
instrumentation
linear energy transfer
long duration
manned
Mir Project
radiation dose
radiation monitoring
short duration
solar energy
South America
Soyuz Project
Soyuz TM15 Project
Soyuz TM17 Project
space flight
weightlessness
Arctic Regions
Astronauts
Cosmic Radiation
Humans
Linear Energy Transfer
Protons
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Monitoring
Solar Activity
Space Flight
Spacecraft
Weightlessness