September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... of the Exobiofrost experiment on the BION-M1 biosatellite demonstrated that the impact of spaceflight factors (ionising radiation, G-forces, and temperature fluctuations) did not lead to complete sterilisation of permafrost samples. A significant...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
...magnetic field, so the astronauts’ exposure to dangerous ionising radiation will occur. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections (...) and cosmic rays will threaten the astronauts’ acceptable radiation level, with the increased risk of cancer occurring. ...
October 2023
Slovenia’s footprint in space
... Maribor, launched a second nanosatellite. Named TRISAT-R, with the suffix R standing for radiation, the mission’s aim is to provide ionising radiation measurements from a medium Earth orbit (MEO) at an altitude of approximately 6000 km. TRISAT-R has...
August 2021
Space research in embryology
... and gravitational field change electromagnetic field change radiation background change. The null gravity factor is... functioning by modulating their energy input, for example. Ionising radiation is known to target cell membranes and nucleic acids,...
December 2014
Terraforming Mars: from CFCs to Total Recall
...lifestyle is actually sustainable, most notably because of the high flux of ionising radiation (galactic and solar cosmic rays) incident on the surface of Mars. Such radiation is almost entirely blocked on Earth by the combination of Earth’s magnetic...
17 December 2019
Earth’s doomsday scenario
..., of the National Center for Nuclear Science & Technologies in Tunisia, addresses the potential of using ionising radiation to manage biofilm contamination in ‘Surviving bacteria in space’. ASIC discussed everything from creating artificial gravity...
