April 2026
Spaceflight and the radiation problem
... might make it as far as Mars only to go into kidney failure during the voyage home. Evidence of the impact of radiation on the human kidney is also available from many years of experience using radiotherapy in the treatment of cancer. If we could...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
...human diseases. Results will be shared with NASA and appropriate follow-on human trials are planned for radiation mitigation. It is this type of broad translational research and pharmaceutical development that will protect not only astronauts sitting...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... and planning Mars flights during solar maximum (when GCR doses are lower) may be the safest radiation mitigating strategy for future crew. MARE is a perfect example of an international collaboration coming together to build upon science and...
October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... protection In the wearable arena, the priority areas continue to centre on space suits, human health monitoring and radiation mitigation and protection. Space suits are particularly critical as these are very complex systems requiring a wide array...
